I doubt that decapod crustaceans do not have thermal receptors. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Project SQUID was named after the jet-propelled decapod of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [John B. Fenn - Autobiography] Reference
Annotated checklist of marine decapod Crustacea from Shark Bay, Western Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Shark Bay, Australia] Reference
Carcinization as an underlying synapomorphy for the decapod crustacean taxon Meiura. From Wordnik.com. [All that matters] Reference
To put it in perspective, the whole decapod crustacean (shrimp or prawn) fauna of Japan barely exceeds 1,600 species. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Saint-Paul, U., 1999a: The contribution of estuarine decapod larvae to marine macrozooplankton communities in Northeast Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [North Brazil Shelf large marine ecosystem] Reference
“Do you suppose the great decapod-the gods rot his tentacles for the nets he has torn and the catches he has stolen-do you suppose he lives anyplace else?”. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
Assuming the Vilenjji believed the evidence of their own electronic eyes, they could reasonably come to no other conclusion than that the small quadruped and decapod were both demised and in the process of being digested. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
To-day the modern automobile somewhat resembles, in its outlines, across between a decapod locomotive and a steam fire-engine, or at least something concerning the artistic appearance of which the layman has very grave doubts. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
The French embassy said a year-long research of fauna conducted in the deep-sea and coastal ecosystems of Panglao Island resulted in the discovery of over 1,200 species of decapod or 10-legged crustaceans and some 6,000 species of mollusks. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
How do you do justice to this decapod of the moment?. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
This is decapod larva from the Scripps Pelagic Invertebrates Collection. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
They dig somewhat after the manner of the fluviatile long-tailed decapod crustaceans, of the genera. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Plainsmen] Reference
There are ten distinct types of compound eyes, nine of which can be found in decapod subgroup alone. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
It is very meet, right, and the bounden duty of every quadruped, biped and decapod to prey upon the clam. From Wordnik.com. [Some Winter Days in Iowa] Reference
This paper actually goes AGAINST a previous paper which indicated that decapod crustaceans have nociception. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
So how, you might ask, does one study the behavior of decapod crustaceans and their response to noxious stimuli?. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Again, if an imaginary decapod retained, when adult, many Zoea characters, would this not be a case of retardation?. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
First off, you all should know that decapod means "ten footed", meaning that these little dudes have 5 pairs of legs. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
As the number of microscopic decapod-or shrimp and crab-larvae have increased, the number of native bivalves and young flatfish have decreased. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
This would be the first known evidence in the fossil record of a whale bone being consumed by decapod crustaceans with osteophagic feeding habits. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
When a fresh-water decapod crustacean is born with an almost mature structure, and therefore does not pass, like other decapods, through the Zoea stage, is this not a case of acceleration?. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
I explained that there was probably a nearby mad scientist who was doing genetic mutation on edible decapod crustaceans, but it was probably nothing for her to worry her pretty little head about. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
According to the paleontologists, the presence of bioerosion structures indicates that the contents of the bones were used as an extraordinary source of nutrients, possibly by decapod crustaceans. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Rather than bending (refracting) the light to focus the image on the retina, several of the long-bodied decapod crustaceans (shrimps, prawns, crayfish and lobsters) possess "reflecting" compound eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
Isogenetic females of parthenogenetic marbled crayfish displayed all behavioral elements known from agonistic interactions of previously studied decapod species including the formation of hierarchies. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Pronounced "ha," these decapod crustaceans are low in calories (depending on the method of preparation) and an excellent source of calcium, iodine and protein (although they may be high in cholesterol). From Wordnik.com. [Taste T.O. - Food & Drink In Toronto] Reference
Well, at least it isn’t that decapod ’Tisn’t your fool Rookery, either .”. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
A conjurer, and the tentacles of a decapod. From Wordnik.com. [Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories] Reference
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