| 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. |
| Anthony Rice has used morphology of zoea to develop phylogenies of subsets of decapods that provides a different insight into relationships. |
| A similar dispersal mechanism has been suggested as responsible for the faunal similarities in mollusks and decapods. |
| Throughout the euphausiids, decapods, and stomatopods, larvae invariably possess compound eyes, which are naturally complicated structures. |
| Urine signals, excreted through nephropores located near the base of the antennae, are a likely source of pheromonal cues in decapods. |
| By any measure, decapods are underrepresented in the fossil record by comparison with organisms with more heavily calcified exoskeletons. |
