Brachyura

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) === Proper noun === Brachyura A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – the true crabs, characteristically with a short tail and a reduced abdomen. ==== Hypernyms ==== (infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata - suborder ==== Hyponyms ==== (infraorder): Dromiacea, Raninoida, Cyclodorippoida, Podotremata, Eubrachyura - sections; Heterotremata, Thoracotremata - subsections of Eubrachyura ==== Coordinate terms ==== (infraorder): Anomura (hermit crabs etc) === Further reading === Crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brachyura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Brachyura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons