Reptantia


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Related to Reptantia: order Decapoda
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Noun1.Reptantia - lobsters; crabs
animal order - the order of animals
Decapoda, order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
Brachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
family Homaridae, Homaridae - large-clawed lobsters
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References in periodicals archive ?
Spermatogenesis in Pleuroncodes planipes males is similar to the process described for other reptantia decapods.
Morphologic variation in Aegla Leach (Decapoda: Reptantia: Aeglidae) from Central-Southern Chile: interespecific differences, sexual dimorphism, and spatial segregation.
Recherche du lieu de synthese de la pheromone sexuelle de Carcinus maenas (L.) (Decapoda, Reptantia).
An annotated key to crabs and lobsters (Decapoda, Reptantia) from coastal waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.