Decapods

Decapoda

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Decapoda (Decapods) is a group of typical crustaceans. There are 14264 species of decapods, in 2641 genera and 232 families. This group has been around since the famennian age. They includes groups like Amphionididae, Platykottidae, and Tricarinidae. They are carnivores.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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EOL has data for 29 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Detritus
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Famennian Age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Famennian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Mozambique
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973
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locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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walking
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000056
- Definition: locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that at least one limb is always touching the ground
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mineralized skeleton contains
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mineralizedSkeletonContains
- Definition: Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)
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calcium carbonate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_3311
- Definition: A carbonate salt that has formula CO3Ca
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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6657
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Bubo lacteus (Temminck 1820) (Giant Eagle Owl)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Mytilidae (Marine Mussels)
trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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800 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of decapods. View this species on GBIF

decapods Habitats

The environments in which many decapods species are known to live. Select an environment to see its decapods species checklist.