Decapodian
Planet of origin	Decapod 10
Skin colour	Pink
Known members	John A. Zoidberg Edna Harold Zoid Zoidfarb Ambassador Moivin Hugh Man Decapodian Emperor Sam Zoidberg Norman
First appearance	Episode Two: The Series Has Landed

The Decapodians were a race of aliens who invaded the planet Earth in the 31st century.

Contents 1 Physisiology 2 Life Cycle 3 Members 4 Appearances 5 References

Physisiology Edit

Decapodians are essentially humanoid crustaceans, they have an exoskeleton shell, claws for hands, four seemingly prehensile appendages above their mouths and no hair. They all speak with Yiddish accents, possibly because of these appendages. They аlso possess a fin-like crest that appears when they are enraged or aroused, as well as an ink gland similar to the Earth octopus. They have been known to use their ink while writing letters that require a personal touch.

Decapodians also have a strange gland that produces foul odors when they are bored. Upon ingesting dirt, they cough up a kind of pearl, not unlike clams. They must also have gills as they are capable of breathing underwater. Decapodians seem capable of eating and digesting almost anything even vaguely organic, from human food, to garbage, all the way to wood. They also have freshwater and saltwater stomachs which they can vomit separately from. They can apparently go for several days without eating. Interestingly, they can still survive and stand upright without their shell, suggesting an endoskeleton as well as a shell intended simply for defensive purposes.

Internally, Decapodians are cold blooded and have a number of redundant organs, such as four hearts, that may be removed. Apparently, Decapodians are capable of surviving multiple dismemberments, as Zoidberg demonstrated in Roswell That Ends Well, where he has several of his organs surgically removed after a series of vivasection. He gets them back and reinserts them later with no long-term consequences.

Life Cycle Edit

Decapodians mature through a long series of larval stages before attaining the humanoid, fully grown form. Apart from this complex life cycle, they do however have very long lifespans. They begin life as a small immobile creature from

which asexually fragmented siblings can separate, each with their own distinct personality. A later stage resembles a parasitic lamprey, followed by a large clam inside which the head is visible. The next oldest form resembles a trilobite. Other stages included an urchin-like state, and later a flat fish-like appearance. A prominent Decapodian, Dr. Zoidberg, reverted through all of these early "larval" life cycle stages of his species after being exposed to a youth tar. ^[1] When Decapodians mate, they quickly die off, leaving their young to grow without parents to guide them. ^[2] It is implied though, that some Decapodians refrain from mating to help keep their civilization running, they either adopt young into their family or only certain members of families mate so the young do not have to become part of a new family. Zoidberg has revealed during flashbacks to have been raised by a female he calls his mother. It may be, but maybe when the Decapodians die, their bodies turn into coral, starting their lives over again and making more of their species.

Members Edit

• John A. Zoidberg
• Edna
• Harold Zoid
• Zoidfarb
• Ambassador Moivin
• Hugh Man
• Decapodian Emperor

Appearances Edit

"The Series Has Landed" "I, Roommate" "Love's Labours Lost in Space" "A Fishful of Dollars" "My Three Suns" "A Big Piece of Garbage" "Hell Is Other Robots" "A Flight to Remember" "Mars University" "When Aliens Attack" "Fry and the Slurm Factory" "I Second That Emotion" "A Head In The Polls" "Xmas Story "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" "The Lesser of Two Evils" "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" "Raging Bender" "A Bicyclops Built For Two" "A Clone of My Own" "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" "The Deep South" "Bender Gets Made" "Mother's Day" "The Problem with Popplers" "Anthology of Interest I" "War is the H-Word" "The Honking" "The Cryonic Woman" "Amazon Women in the Mood" "Parasites Lost" "A Tale of Two Santas" "Luck of the Fryish" "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" "Bendless Love" "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" "That's Lobstertainment" "Where the Buggalo Roam" "Insane in the Mainframe" "The Route of All Evil" "Bendin' in the Wind" "Time Keeps on Slippin'" "I Dated A Robot" "A Leela of Her Own" "A Pharaoh to Remember" "Anthology of Interest II" "Roswell, That Ends Well" "Future Stock" "30% Iron Chef" "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" "Love and Rocket" "Less than Hero" "A Taste of Freedom" "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" "Crimes of the Hot" "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" "The Why of Fry" "The Sting" "Bend Her" "Obsoletely Fabulous" "The Farnsworth Parabox" "Three Hundred Big Boys" "Spanish Fry" "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into The Wild Green Yonder

References Edit

1. ↑ Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
2. ↑ Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?