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Decapoda

order of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q4610
Decapoda
Ernst Haeckel · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Decapoda is a taxon[1]. Decapoda ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,248 views/month, #1,161 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Eucarida[4]
  • Taxon name: Decapoda[5]
  • Commons category: Decapoda[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Decapods[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Decapoda[10]
  • Taxon common name: Kreeften, krabben & garnalen[11], tifotkrepser[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

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Identifiers

Decapoda's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47186[14]. Decapoda's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6683[15]. Decapoda's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46501816[16]. Decapoda's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 637[17]. Decapoda's ITIS TSN is recorded as 95599[18].

Why It Matters

Decapoda has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Decapoda is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Red Sneak · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic has template → Template:Decapoda
    Taxon rank → order
    Topic's main category → Category:Decapods
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Montage image: Decapoda montage.jpg"
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