Brachyura
Translingual
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Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)
Proper noun
Brachyura
- 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
Crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brachyura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Brachyura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons