Class
Malacostraca
Crustaceans
30 species in 3 orders. Maximum lifespan ranges from 10 months (Japanese squillid mantis shrimp) to 100 years (American lobster).
Species
30
with a complete mtDNA
Median GC
31.3%
Range 25.9–37.4%
Orders
3
Largest: Decapoda (26)
Overview
The Crustaceans tree
Select a clade to look insideOuter ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale
Each ring is one rank. Scroll or use + and − to zoom, drag to move; select a group to zoom into it, a species to open it.
Orders of Crustaceans
3 orders, by species countWhere Crustaceans sit among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.
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- Crustaceans (30)
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Longest-lived
Top 5 and the shortest-livedSpecies in Crustaceans
Select a column to sort30 species
| Homarus americanus | American lobster | Decapoda | 100 yr | 16,432 bp | 30.47% |
| Homarus gammarus | European lobster | Decapoda | 72 yr | 14,316 bp | 31.41% |
| Birgus latro | Coconut crab | Decapoda | 40 yr | 16,411 bp | 34.36% |
| Panulirus argus | Caribbean spiny lobster | Decapoda | 15 yr | 15,739 bp | 37.37% |
| Chionoecetes bairdi | Tanner crab | Decapoda | 12 yr | 16,326 bp | 28.62% |
| Cancer pagurus | Edible crab | Decapoda | 11.5 yr | 42,736 bp | 25.92% |
| Metacarcinus magister | Dungeness crab | Decapoda | 10 yr | 39,658 bp | 30.05% |
| Aristaeomorpha foliacea | Giant red shrimp | Decapoda | 8 yr | 15,926 bp | 33.98% |
| Eriocheir sinensis | Chinese mitten crab | Decapoda | 6 yr | 16,354 bp | 28.37% |
| Cherax quadricarinatus | Decapoda | 4.2 yr | 15,869 bp | 34.58% | |
| Squilla mantis | Spottail mantis shrimp | Stomatopoda | 3.5 yr | 15,994 bp | 29.81% |
| Palaemon adspersus | Baltic prawn | Decapoda | 3.1 yr | 15,736 bp | 33.17% |
| Callinectes sapidus | Blue crab | Decapoda | 3 yr | 16,263 bp | 30.91% |
| Charybdis feriata | Crucifix crab | Decapoda | 3 yr | 15,660 bp | 29.85% |
| Charybdis hellerii | Spiny hands | Decapoda | 3 yr | 15,913 bp | 29.80% |
| Portunus pelagicus | Blue swimming crab | Decapoda | 3 yr | 16,157 bp | 31.26% |
| Portunus sanguinolentus | Threespot swimming crab | Decapoda | 3 yr | 16,024 bp | 34.41% |
| Portunus trituberculatus | Gazami crab | Decapoda | 2.9 yr | 16,026 bp | 29.78% |
| Scylla olivacea | Orange mud crab | Decapoda | 2.5 yr | 15,723 bp | 30.64% |
| Solenocera melantho | Razor mud shrimp | Decapoda | 2.4 yr | 15,940 bp | 32.33% |