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Brachyura (crab)
Taxonomy
Brachyura was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pleocyemata by Squires (1980) and Martin and Davis (2001); and to Decapoda by Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Feldmann et al. (2008), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Pleocyemata by Squires (1980) and Martin and Davis (2001); and to Decapoda by Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Feldmann et al. (2008), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Bellioidea, Brachyrhyncha, Bythograeoidea, Cancroidea, Componocancroidea, Cryptochiroidea, Cyclodorippoidea, Dairoidea, Dakoticancroidea, Dromiacea, Dromioidea, Eubrachyura, Gecarcinucoidea, Glaessneropsoidea, Goneplacoidea, Grapsoidea, Homolodromioidea, Homoloidea, Konidromitoidea, Leucosioidea, Marocarcinidae, Mcrocarcinidae, Ocypodoidea, Oxystomata, Palicoidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Pinnotheroidea, Pisidae, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Rioarribia, Trichodactyloidea
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Brachyura Linnaeus |
| 1980 | Brachyura Squires p. 473 |
| 1997 | Brachyura Tiwari et al. p. 128 |
| 1999 | Brachyura Vega et al. p. 407 |
| 2001 | Brachyura Martin and Davis p. 74 |
| 2008 | Brachyura Feldmann et al. p. 49 |
| 2009 | Brachyura Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 304 |
| 2010 | Brachyura Schweitzer et al. |
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