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Brachyura
thumb|Gecarcinus quadratus, a [[land crab from Central America]]
Nephropidae
thumb|Lobsters awaiting purchase in Trenton, Maine
Caridea
The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp (from Ancient Greek καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, "shrimp"), are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many other animals with similar names – such as the mud shrimp of Axiidea and the boxer shrimp of Stenopodidea – are not true shrimp, but many have evolved features similar to true shrimp.
Euphausiacea
Krill (Euphausiids) (: krill) are small and exclusively marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, found in all of the world's oceans. The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian word '''', meaning "small fry of fish", which is also often attributed to species of fish.
Coconut crab
species of crustacean
Palinuridae
family of crustaceans
Astacus astacus
species of crayfish in Europe
shrimp
A shrimp (: shrimp (US) or shrimps (UK)) is a common name typically used for crustaceans with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – usually decapods belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".
Stomatopoda
order of crustaceans
Homarus gammarus
species of crustacean
Nephrops norvegicus
species of crustacean
Eriocheir sinensis
species of crustacean
Callinectes sapidus
species of crab
signal crayfish
species of crustacean
Cancer pagurus
species of crustacean
Crangon crangon
caridean shrimp
Paralithodes camtschaticus
species of king crab
Penaeus monodon
species of crustacean
American lobster
species of crustacean
Lithodidae
family of crustaceans
Procambarus clarkii
species of crustacean
Odontodactylus scyllarus
species of mantis shrimp
Palinurus elephas
species of crustacean
Scyllaridae
family of crustaceans
northern prawn
species of crustacean
Scylla serrata
species of crustacean in Africa, Asia
Portunus pelagicus
species of crustacean
Litopenaeus vannamei
species of crustacean
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
species of crustacean
Maja squinado
species of crustacean
Palaemon serratus
species of crustacean
Chionoecetes opilio
species of crustacean
Pedunculata
order of crustaceans
Scyllarus arctus
species of slipper lobster
Scyllarides latus
species of crustacean
Procambarus virginalis
species of crustaceans
Panulirus ornatus
species of crustacean
Squilla mantis
species of crustacean
Faxonius limosus
species of crustaceans
prawn
thumb|The giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is an important species for aquaculture.
Panulirus versicolor
species of crustacean
Caribbean spiny lobster
species of crustacean
Japanese spiny lobster
species of crustacean
Thenus orientalis
Thenus orientalis is a species of slipper lobster from the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Dungeness crab
species of crustacean
Ranina ranina
species of crab
Portunus trituberculatus
species of crustacean
Penaeus chinensis
species of crustacean
Tasmanian giant crab
species of decapod crustaceans
soft-shell crab
culinary term for molted crabs
Cherax quadricarinatus
species of crayfish
Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish
species of crustacean
Penaeus semisulcatus
species of crustacean
Panulirus interruptus
species of crustacean
Panulirus cygnus
species of crustacean
Chionoecetes
Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
common yabby
species of crayfish
Oratosquilla oratoria
species of crustacean
Panulirus homarus
species of crustacean
Melicertus kerathurus
species of crustacean