Taxonomy Profile: Brachyura (Latreille 1802)

Brachyura: 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 []
true crabs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Brachyura: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Crustacea
crustaceans |
crustáceo |
crustacés |
Class : Malacostraca
Subclass : Eumalacostraca
Superorder : Eucarida
camarão |
caranguejo |
ermitão |
lagosta |
siri |
Order : Decapoda
crabs |
crayfishes |
lobsters |
prawns |
shrimp |
crabes |
crevettes |
écrevisses |
homards |
Suborder : Pleocyemata
Infraorder : Brachyura
short-tailed crabs |
true crabs |
Brachyura Direct Children(s):
Dromioidea
(De Haan 1833)
Cyclodorippoidea
(Ortmann 1892)
Homoloidea
(De Haan 1839)
Raninoidea
(De Haan 1839)
Dorippoidea
(MacLeay 1838)
Leucosioidea
(Samouelle 1819)
Majoidea
(Samouelle 1819)
Parthenopoidea
(MacLeay 1838)
Cancroidea
(Latreille 1802)
Portunoidea
(Rafinesque 1815)
Xanthoidea
(MacLeay 1838)
Grapsoidea
(MacLeay 1838)
Pinnotheroidea
(De Haan 1833)
Ocypodoidea
(Rafinesque 1815)
Cryptochiroidea
(Paulson 1875)
Homolodromioidea
(Alcock 1900)
Calappoidea
(Milne Edwards 1837)
Hymenosomatoidea
(MacLeay 1838)
Retroplumoidea
(Gill 1894)
Bythograeoidea
(Williams 1980)
Bellioidea
(Dana 1852)
Potamoidea
(Ortmann 1896)
Pseudothelphusoidea
(Ortmann 1893)
Gecarcinucoidea
(Rathbun 1904)
Brachyura: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachyura
Source:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31
Acquired:
2004-05-18
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
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2001-12-14 / 2001-12-14
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
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1-891276-27-1
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachyura
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1982-01-01 / 1982-01-01
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
Brachyura: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Brachyura: Comments