Decapod

/dɪkˈæpɒd/

/dᵻkˈæpɑːd/

[noun]

Decapod

[NOUN]

crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

synonyms : decapod crustacean

cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

Examples

1. And they started with the first decapod crustaceans, like Palaeopalaemon.

2. And Palaeopalaemon is the oldest lobster-like decapod ever found, and also one of the oldest decapods, period.

3. And Palaeopalaemon is the oldest lobster-like decapod ever found, and also one of the oldest decapods, period.

4. Now, on the other side of the decapod family tree, there’s Platykotta, just a little older than Eoprosopon at about 200 million years old, from the late Triassic Period.