Brachyura
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Indian_Crab.jpg/220px-Indian_Crab.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Heel_klein_krabbetje_gevangen_aan_een_hengel.jpg/220px-Heel_klein_krabbetje_gevangen_aan_een_hengel.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mass_of_crabs_%2825819194214%29.jpg/220px-Mass_of_crabs_%2825819194214%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)
Proper noun
[edit]Brachyura
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – the true crabs, characteristically with a short tail and a reduced abdomen.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (infraorder): Dromiacea, Raninoida, Cyclodorippoida, Podotremata, Eubrachyura - sections; Heterotremata, Thoracotremata - subsections of Eubrachyura
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (infraorder): Anomura (hermit crabs etc)
Further reading
[edit]Crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brachyura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Brachyura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons