| Throughout the euphausiids, decapods, and stomatopods, larvae invariably possess compound eyes, which are naturally complicated structures. |
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| Anthony Rice has used morphology of zoea to develop phylogenies of subsets of decapods that provides a different insight into relationships. |
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| In Japan, decapods associated with coral reef deposits were described in Miocene and Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks. |
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| By any measure, decapods are underrepresented in the fossil record by comparison with organisms with more heavily calcified exoskeletons. |
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| Urine signals, excreted through nephropores located near the base of the antennae, are a likely source of pheromonal cues in decapods. |
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| A similar dispersal mechanism has been suggested as responsible for the faunal similarities in mollusks and decapods. |
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| It has long been known that the shrimps and lobsters are the most primitive of the decapods and, in fact, have the oldest fossil records. |
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| It is also highly unusual to discover these Paleozoic relics associated with decapods as they normally inhabit different environments. |
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| The calcified cuticle of decapods comprises the hard exoskeleton of the animal and can be subdivided into four layers. |
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| Plankton such as euphausiids are important food for pre-grisle but amphipods and decapods are also consumed. |
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| The rest of the group is sometimes pulled together loosely as the reptant decapods. |
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| The assemblage of decapods, one macruran, one anomuran and two brachyurans, is one that would be anticipated in the offshore, relatively quiet water setting of a delta front. |
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| In many decapods, due to their accelerated development, the zoea is the first larval stage. |
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| In certain regions, the main food source is decapods with fish as a complementary food item in the diet. |
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| It is not known if non-reptantian decapods have variable, non-giant tailflipping behaviour like many reptantians do. |
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| Because hermits are decapods and do not live within their own shells, they are not considered to be true crabs. |
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| At harvest, the starfish Asterias rubens and Marthasterias glaeialis, and the decapods Necora puber and Liocarcinus depurator were occasionally found. |
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| Most decapods carry the eggs attached to the pleopods, while peracarids, notostracans, anostracans, and many isopods form a brood pouch from the carapace and thoracic limbs. |
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| Additional invertebrates include fragmented Chlamys, endocasts of Turritella, larger gastropods and wedge clams, and fragmented bryozoans and decapods. |
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| Decapods are known for elaborate courtship displays, such as those demonstrated by the fiddler crab. |
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