brachyura

1. An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface (synset 101979118)
   is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
   member holonym:

   • brachyuran - typical crabs
   • crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
   • genus menippe, menippe - stone crabs
   • cancridae, family cancridae - many of the best known edible crabs
   • family portunidae, portunidae - swimming crabs
   • genus uca, uca - fiddler crabs
   • family pinnotheridae, pinnotheridae - tiny soft-bodied crabs
   • family lithodidae, lithodidae - deep-sea crabs of cold waters
   • family majidae, majidae - spider crabs
   belongs to: reptantia, suborder reptantia - lobsters; crabs
   same as: suborder brachyura

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