Brachyura

Thia scutellata

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectiones: Dromiacea - Raninoida - Cyclodorippoida - Eubrachyura

Familiae incertae sedis (2): †Etyidae - †Feldmanniidae

References

• Ahyong, S.T. 2008: Deepwater crabs from seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats off eastern New Zealand (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa, 1708: 1-72.
• Bennett, E.W. 1964: The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea Brachyura. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute memoir, (22) [New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, (163)] PDF
• Brösing, A. 2010: Recent developments on the morphology of the brachyuran foregut ossicles and gastric teeth. Zootaxa, 2510: 1–44. Preview
• Castro, P. 2011: Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa, 2947: 1–154. Preview
• Koettker, A.G. et al. 2012: Illustrated key for the identification of the known zoeal stages of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from tropical and subtropical Brazil, southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa, 3204: 1–19. Preview
• Low, M.E.Y. 2012: The Brachyura described by the Australian carcinologist William Aitcheson Haswell: checklist, dates of publication and bibliography (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa, 3220: 61–64. Preview
• McLay, C.L. 1988: Crabs of New Zealand. Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand. Leigh laboratory bulletin, (22). University of Auckland Leigh Marine Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Ng, P.K.L.; Low, M.E.Y. 2010: On the generic nomenclature of nine brachyuran names, with four replacement names and two nomina protecta (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa, 2489: 34–46. Preview
• Wear, R.G.; Fielder, D.R. 1985: The marine fauna of New Zealand: larvae of the Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute memoir, (92).
• Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Vernacular names

Asturianu: Cámbaru
Català: Cranc
Dansk: Krabbe
Deutsch: Krabben
English: Crab
Français: Crabe
Հայերեն: Խեչափառ
Italiano: Granchio
Lietuvių: Krabas
Malagasy: Foza
Nederlands: Krabben
Polski: Krab
Português: Caranguejo
Русский: Краб
Slovenčina: Krabbor
Türkçe: Yengeçler
Vèneto: Càncaro
中文: 螃蟹

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