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Decapods have 10 legs. The last five pair of appendages on their thorax are walking legs. In some species, the first pair of walking legs have large pinchers or chelipeds. Decapods have 3 pairs of appendages, or maxillipeds, on their heads that make up their mouthparts. They also have two pairs of antennae on theirContinue reading “What Are Decapods?”