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Decapoda (Crustacea)

Known as: Decapods, Decapod, Decapoda 
The largest order of CRUSTACEA, comprising over 10,000 species. They are characterized by three pairs of thoracic appendages modified as maxillipeds… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater
An assessment of the global freshwater crab diversity is presented. A total of 1,476 species in 14 families are currently known… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Global diversity of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in freshwater
Freshwater caridean shrimps account for approximately a quarter of all described Caridea, numerically dominated by the Atyidae… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Lagrangian descriptions of marine larval dispersion
Many marine organisms are sedentary as adults and are redistributed between genera- tions by the oceanic transport of planktonic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Salt marshes as nurseries for nekton: testing hypotheses on density, growth and survival through meta-analysis
We examined the nursery role of salt marshes for transient nekton by searching the lit- erature for data on density, growth, and… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
A small-systems approach to motor pattern generation
How neuronal networks enable animals, humans included, to make coordinated movements is a continuing goal of neuroscience… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Biology of Decapod Crustacean Larvae
About 90% of the extant species of the Decapoda live in oceans and adjacent coastal and estuarine regions, and most of them pass… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)
Although the biology of the reptantian Decapoda has been much studied, the last comprehensive review of reptantian systematics… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The Structure and Calcification of the Crustacean Cuticle
The integument of decapod crustaceans consists of an outer epicuticle, an exocuticle, an endocuticle and an inner membranous… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Regulation of muscular contraction. Distribution of actin control and myosin control in the animal kingdom
The control systems regulating muscle contraction in approximately 100 organisms have been categorized. Both myosin control and… 
Review
1936
Review
1936
Larvae of decapod crustacea
PREFACE I AM already indebted to the Ray Society for undertaking the publication of my Bibliography, and it is a great… 
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