Common name: Decapods

Decapods, belonging to the order Decapoda, are a diverse group of crustaceans that include familiar species such as crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and prawns. These creatures are characterized by their ten limbs, which is a defining feature of the order. Decapods are found in a variety of aquatic environments, ranging from freshwater to marine ecosystems, and they play essential roles in their habitats as scavengers, predators, and prey.

In the context of reefkeeping, decapods are popular additions to saltwater aquariums due to their fascinating behaviors and important ecological roles. Many species are known for their vibrant colors and interesting patterns, which can add aesthetic value to an aquarium. For example, cleaner shrimp, a type of decapod, engage in symbiotic relationships with fish by removing parasites from their scales, providing both a cleaning service for the fish and a source of food for themselves.

When keeping decapods in an aquarium, it is crucial to consider their specific needs, such as water quality, temperature, and dietary requirements. Some decapods, like certain species of crabs, may exhibit aggressive behavior and could pose a threat to other tank inhabitants. Therefore, careful selection and compatibility assessment with other species in the tank are important.

Decapods have complex life cycles and often undergo several larval stages before reaching adulthood. This can be a challenge for breeding in captivity, but it also presents an opportunity for hobbyists interested in marine biology to observe these fascinating processes. Overall, decapods are a captivating and diverse group that can enhance the biodiversity and visual appeal of a marine aquarium.

1. 
   Common name: Orangutan Crab

   Scientific name: Achaeus japonicus
2. 
   Common name: Elegant squat lobster

   Scientific name: Allogalathea elegans
3. 
   Common name: brown snapping shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus armatus
4. Common name: Beautiful goby shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus bellulus
5. 
   Common name: red snapping shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus bisincisus
6. 
   Common name: Djeddah snapping shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus djeddensis
7. Common name: Immaculate Pistol Shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus immaculatus
8. Common name: fine-striped snapping shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus ochrostriatus
9. Common name: Pacific Pistol Shrimp

   Scientific name: Alpheus pacificus
10. 
    Common name: Randall's Pistol Shrimp

    Scientific name: Alpheus randalli
11. Common name: Red-spotted Pistol Shrimp

    Scientific name: Alpheus rubromaculatus
12. Common name: Twin Snapping Shrimp

    Scientific name: Alpheus soror
13. 
    Common name: Holthuis' Shrimp

    Scientific name: Ancylomenes holthuisi
14. 
    Common name: Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

    Scientific name: Ancylomenes sarasvati
15. 
    Common name: Regal Slipper lobster

    Scientific name: Arctides regalis
16. 
    Common name: Blueband Hermit Crab

    Scientific name: Calcinus californiensis
17. 
    Common name: Electric Blue hermit crab

    Scientific name: Calcinus elegans
18. 
    Common name: Hawaiian hermit

    Scientific name: Calcinus laevimanus
19. Common name: orangeclaw hermit

    Scientific name: Calcinus tibicen
20. 
    Common name: Spider Decorator Crab

    Scientific name: Camposcia retusa
21. 
    Common name: Variable Coral Crab

    Scientific name: Carpilius convexus
22. 
    Common name: Seven-eleven Crab

    Scientific name: Carpilius maculatus
23. 
    Common name: Spider Squat Lobster

    Scientific name: Chirostylus dolichopus
24. 
    Common name: Halloween hermit crab

    Scientific name: Ciliopagurus strigatus
25. Common name: Henderson's hinge-beak shrimp

    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus hendersoni
26. 
    Common name: Manning hingebeak

    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus manningi
27. 
    Common name: reticulated hingebeak

    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus reticulatus
28. 
    Common name: Mexican Red-Leg Hermit Crab

    Scientific name: Clibanarius digueti
29. 
    Common name: Blue-legged Hermit Crab

    Scientific name: Clibanarius rutilus
30. 
    Common name: tricolor hermit

    Scientific name: Clibanarius tricolor
31. 
    Common name: Corallimorph Decorator Crab

    Scientific name: Cyclocoeloma tuberculatum
32. 
    Common name: Blue-Spotted hermit crab

    Scientific name: Dardanus guttatus
33. 
    Common name: hairy red hermit crab

    Scientific name: Dardanus lagopodes
34. 
    Common name: White-spotted hermit crab

    Scientific name: Dardanus megistos
35. 
    Common name: Anemone Hermit Crab

    Scientific name: Dardanus pedunculatus
36. 
    Common name: Horned Sea Pen Shrimp

    Scientific name: Dasycaris ceratops
37. 
    Common name: Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp

    Scientific name: Dasycaris zanzibarica
38. 
    Common name: Debelius reef lobster

    Scientific name: Enoplometopus debelius
39. Common name: bullseye reef lobster

    Scientific name: Enoplometopus holthuisi
40. 
    Common name: red reef lobster

    Scientific name: Enoplometopus occidentalis
41. 
    Common name: Striped Bumblebee Shrimp

    Scientific name: Gnathophyllum americanum
42. 
    Common name: coral shrimp

    Scientific name: Hamodactylus boschmai
43. 
    Common name: Sexy Shrimp

    Scientific name: Hamodactylus noumeae
44. 
    Common name: Mushroom coral shrimp

    Scientific name: Hamopontonia corallicola
45. 
    Common name: calico box crab

    Scientific name: Hepatus epheliticus
46. 
    Common name: Soft coral crab

    Scientific name: Hoplophrys oatesi
47. 
    Common name: harlequin shrimp

    Scientific name: Hymenocera picta
48. 
    Common name: anemone spider crab

    Scientific name: Inachus phalangium
49. Common name: Variable crinoid shrimp

    Scientific name: Laomenes ceratophthalmus
50. 
    Common name: Harlequin Shrimp

    Scientific name: Laomenes cornutus
51. Common name: Rough Box Crab

    Scientific name: Latreillia valida
52. 
    Common name: Hairy squat lobster

    Scientific name: Lauriea siagiani
53. 
    Common name: Plume shrimp

    Scientific name: Leander plumosus
54. 
    Common name: Harlequin Crab

    Scientific name: Lissocarcinus laevis
55. 
    Common name: sea cucumber crab

    Scientific name: Lissocarcinus orbicularis
56. 
    Common name: Mosaic Boxer Crab

    Scientific name: Lybia tessellata
57. 
    Common name: Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata amboinensis
58. Common name: Anker's Pistol Shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata ankeri
59. Common name: Peppermint Shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata bahia
60. 
    Common name: Peppermint Shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata boggessi
61. 
    Common name: lined shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata californica
62. 
    Common name: scarlet cleaner shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata debelius
63. 
    Common name: cleaner shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata grabhami
64. 
    Common name: peppermint shrimp

    Scientific name: Lysmata wurdemanni
65. 
    Common name: Red Sea Feather Star

    Scientific name: Manucomplanus varians
66. 
    Common name: Dragon shrimp

    Scientific name: Miropandalus hardingi
67. Common name: nodose clinging crab

    Scientific name: Mithraculus coryphe
68. 
    Common name: green clinging crab

    Scientific name: Mithraculus sculptus
69. Common name: Bull Crab

    Scientific name: Naxioides taurus
70. 
    Common name: Spotted Porcelain Crab

    Scientific name: Neopetrolisthes maculates
71. 
    Common name: red reef hermit

    Scientific name: Paguristes cadenati
72. 
    Common name: common hermit crab

    Scientific name: Pagurus bernhardus
73. 
    Common name: Stripe-leg spiny lobster

    Scientific name: Panulirus femoristriga
74. 
    Common name: California spiny lobster

    Scientific name: Panulirus interruptus
75. 
    Common name: ornate spiny lobster

    Scientific name: Panulirus ornatus
76. 
    Common name: pronghorn spiny lobster

    Scientific name: Panulirus penicillatus
77. 
    Common name: slipper lobster

    Scientific name: Panulirus versicolor
78. 
    Common name: sugarcane shrimp

    Scientific name: Parhippolyte uveae
79. 
    Common name: sculptured mitten lobster

    Scientific name: Parribacus antarcticus
80. 
    Common name: nimble spray crab

    Scientific name: Percnon gibbesi
81. 
    Common name: flat rock crab

    Scientific name: Percnon planissimum
82. 
    Common name: ambon crinoid shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes amboinensis
83. 
    Common name: pacific clown anemone shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes brevicarpalis
84. Common name: Brock's Anemone Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes brockii
85. 
    Common name: Coleman Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes colemani
86. 
    Common name: hydroid shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes galene
87. 
    Common name: Holthuis' Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes holthuisi
88. 
    Common name: emperor shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes imperator
89. 
    Common name: Koror Anemone Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes kororensis
90. 
    Common name: Harlequin Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes lanipes
91. 
    Common name: Long-arm Cleaner Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes longicarpus
92. 
    Common name: Magnificent Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes magnificus
93. 
    Common name: Pederson cleaner shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes pedersoni
94. 
    Common name: translucent gorgonian shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes psamathe
95. 
    Common name: Emperor Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes rex
96. 
    Common name: Sea Star Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes soror
97. 
    Common name: Glass shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes tenuipes
98. 
    Common name: Glass Anemone Shrimp

    Scientific name: Periclimenes tenuis
99. 
    Common name: Periclimenes sarasvati

    Scientific name: Periclimenes tosaensis
100. 
     Common name: graceful anemone shrimp

     Scientific name: Periclimenes venustus
101. 
     Common name: spotted cleaner shrimp

     Scientific name: Periclimenes yucatanicus
102. 
     Common name: banded porcelain crab

     Scientific name: Petrolisthes galathinus
103. Common name: red-striped hermit

     Scientific name: Phimochirus holthuisi
104. Common name: polkadotted hermit

     Scientific name: Phimochirus operculatus
105. 
     Common name: bongo shrimp

     Scientific name: Phyllognathia ceratophthalma
106. Common name: bristly crab

     Scientific name: Pilumnus hirtellus
107. 
     Common name: Pliopontonia furtiva

     Scientific name: Pliopontonia furtiva
108. 
     Common name: wire coral shrimp

     Scientific name: Pontonides unciger
109. 
     Common name: Durban Hinge-Beak Shrimp

     Scientific name: Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
110. 
     Common name: Red Camel Shrimp

     Scientific name: Rhynchocinetes uritai
111. Common name: Hairy Urchin Shrimp

     Scientific name: Sandimenes hirsutus
112. 
     Common name: common marble shrimp

     Scientific name: Saron marmoratus
113. Common name: eyespot shrimp

     Scientific name: Saron neglectus
114. Common name: common decorator crab

     Scientific name: Schizophrys aspera
115. 
     Common name: Mediterranean Slipper Lobster

     Scientific name: Scyllarides latus
116. 
     Common name: ridged slipper lobster

     Scientific name: Scyllarides nodifer
117. 
     Common name: blunt locust lobster

     Scientific name: Scyllarides squammosus
118. 
     Common name: small European locust lobster

     Scientific name: Scyllarus arctus
119. 
     Common name: Faxonia Shrimp

     Scientific name: Solenocera faxoni
120. 
     Common name: whitestripe urchin shrimp

     Scientific name: Stegopontonia commensalis