DECAPODA Latreille, 1803
(crabs, shrimps, lobsters etc.)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

• DECAPODA is also a member of:

• Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Bell, T.	1853	*** A history of the British stalk-eyed crustacea ***(Superseded)	386pp, Van Voorst
	Bouvier, E.-L.	1938	*** Dècapodes Marcheurs ***(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 37, 404pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
()	Crothers, J. & M.	1987	A Key to the Crabs and Crab-like Animals of British Inshore Waters	AIDGAP, 54pp, Field Studies Council
	Crothers, J.& M.	1990	An Amendment to the Crab Key	Field Studies 7: 483-4.
	Ingle R.W.	1980	British Crabs	222pp, British Museum (Natural History)
	Ingle, R.W. & Christiansen, M.E.	2004	Lobsters, Mud Shrimps and Anomuran Crabs	Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 55, Field Studies Council
	Ingle, R.W.	1983	*** Shallow Water Crabs and notes for the identification of the species ***(Superseded)	Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 25, The Linnean Society of London
	Ingle, R.W.	1983	Shallow Water Crabs and notes for the identification of the species (2nd ed)	Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 25, 2nd edition edition, The Linnean Society of London
	Mugga Ekonomisk Förening		Mugga	www.mugga.se
Larvae
	Gurney, R.	1942	Larvae of Decapod Crustacea	Vol 129, The Ray Society, London
	Williamson, H.C.	1915	VI. Crustacea Decapoda: Larven	Nordisches Plankton, Lief. 18, part 6., 588pp, H. G. Bohn, London
Marine Planktonic Stages
()	Conway, D.V.P.	2015	Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata	Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association
Marine/Plankton
	Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds)	1927	Crustacea	Nordisches Plankton, 742pp, H. G. Bohn, London

DECAPODA (crabs, shrimps, lobsters etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DECAPODA (crabs, shrimps, lobsters etc.):