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Brachyura  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98276

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Infraorder  
  Synonym(s): Oxystomata H. Milne Edwards, 1834
  
    Oxyrhyncha Latreille, 1803
  
    Cancridea Latreille, 1803
  
    Brachyrhyncha Borradaile, 1907
  
    Dromiacea De Haan, 1833
  
    Archaeobrachyura Guinot, 1977
  
  Common Name(s): short-tailed crabs [English]
  
    true crabs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Superfamily Bellioidea Dana, 1852  
                                        Superfamily Bythograeoidea Williams, 1980  
                                        Superfamily Calappoidea Milne Edwards, 1837  
                                        Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802  
                                        Superfamily Cryptochiroidea Paulson, 1875  
                                        Superfamily Cyclodorippoidea Ortmann, 1892  
                                        Superfamily Dorippoidea MacLeay, 1838  
                                        Superfamily Dromioidea De Haan, 1833  
                                        Superfamily Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904  
                                        Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838  
                                        Superfamily Homolodromioidea Alcock, 1900  
                                        Superfamily Homoloidea De Haan, 1839  
                                        Superfamily Hymenosomatoidea MacLeay, 1838  
                                        Superfamily Leucosioidea Samouelle, 1819  
                                        Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 – spider crabs 
                                        Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        Superfamily Parthenopoidea MacLeay, 1838  
                                        Superfamily Pinnotheroidea De Haan, 1833  
                                        Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        Superfamily Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896  
                                        Superfamily Pseudothelphusoidea Ortmann, 1893  
                                        Superfamily Raninoidea De Haan, 1839  
                                        Superfamily Retroplumoidea Gill, 1894  
                                        Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838  
       

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  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Brachyura, short-tailed crabs [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief  
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 1: Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Biology of Crustacea, vol. 1: Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography   
  Page(s): 1-27   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-106401-8   
  Notes: Bliss is Editor-in-Chief of "The Biology of Crustacea" series; Abele is editor of volume 1 of that series (Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography); Bowman & Abele authored Chapter 1 therein   
  Reference for: Brachyura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
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