Brachyura

Translingual

A crab walking

A small crab from the Netherlands

A stack of crabs

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)

Proper noun

Brachyura

1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – the true crabs, characteristically with a short tail and a reduced abdomen.

Hypernyms

• (infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder

Hyponyms

• (infraorder): Dromiacea, Raninoida, Cyclodorippoida, Podotremata, Eubrachyura - sections; Heterotremata, Thoracotremata - subsections of Eubrachyura

Coordinate terms

• (infraorder): Anomura (hermit crabs etc)

Further reading

Wikidata

• Crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brachyura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Brachyura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons