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Order Decapoda - Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Crustacea - Crustaceans
Class Malacostraca - Malacostracans
Superorder Eucarida - Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.)
Order Decapoda - Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp

Infraorder Anomura - Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs
Infraorder Astacidea - Crayfishes and Lobsters
Infraorder Axiidea
Infraorder Brachyura - True Crabs
Infraorder Stenopodidea
Infraorder Caridea - Caridean shrimps


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