Brachyura

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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

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

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