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Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Decapods are a fascinating group of animals which inhabit most aquatic environments in Iowa. As they are secretive, their habits are not well known. However, they play an important role in Iowa's aquatic communities and are worthy of more attention by biology teachers and their students. Decapods are members of the class Crustacea, a group of arthropods with gills and heavy, crust-like exoskeletons. Crustaceans include such diverse forms as the microscopic water fleas and copepods, the larger sowbugs and amphipods and the more familiar decapods such as crayfish and river shrimp. All decapods have ten walking legs. In Iowa, decapods are represented by seven species in the crayfish family (Cambaridae) and one species in the river shrimp family (Palaemonidae).
Publication Date
December 1978
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
15
Issue
3
First Page
18
Last Page
21
Copyright
© Copyright 1978 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Phillips, Gary
(1978)
"Decapods of Iowa (Part I),"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 15:
No.
3, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol15/iss3/9