adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the order Decapoda, which includes crustaceans and cephalopods having ten limbs or arms
Usage: zoology; technical
Examples
- Crabs and lobsters are decapodal crustaceans.
- The decapodal structure of squid includes eight arms and two tentacles.
- Marine biologists studied the decapodal fauna of the coral reef.
- Shrimp belong to the decapodal order of arthropods.