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Brachyura (crab)
Taxonomy
Brachyuri was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Brachyura by Woodward (1877); it was corrected as Brachyura by Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1926), Squires (1980), Squires (1984), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Vega et al. (2001), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Martin and Davis (2001), Feldmann et al. (2003), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2004), Schweitzer (2005), Feldmann et al. (2008), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Rumsey et al. (2016), Luque et al. (2017), Schwentner et al. (2018), Wolfe et al. (2019) and Hegna et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Reptantia by Rathbun (1918); to Decapoda by Latreille (1802), Woodward (1877), Rathbun (1926), Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Vega et al. (2001), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Feldmann et al. (2003), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2004), Schweitzer (2005), Feldmann et al. (2008) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009); to Pleocyemata by Squires (1980), Squires (1984), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Martin and Davis (2001), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Rumsey et al. (2016); and to Meiura by Luque et al. (2017), Schwentner et al. (2018), Wolfe et al. (2019) and Hegna et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the suborder Brachyura by Woodward (1877); it was corrected as Brachyura by Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1926), Squires (1980), Squires (1984), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Vega et al. (2001), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Martin and Davis (2001), Feldmann et al. (2003), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2004), Schweitzer (2005), Feldmann et al. (2008), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Rumsey et al. (2016), Luque et al. (2017), Schwentner et al. (2018), Wolfe et al. (2019) and Hegna et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Reptantia by Rathbun (1918); to Decapoda by Latreille (1802), Woodward (1877), Rathbun (1926), Tiwari et al. (1997), Vega et al. (1999), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Vega et al. (2001), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Feldmann et al. (2003), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2004), Schweitzer (2005), Feldmann et al. (2008) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009); to Pleocyemata by Squires (1980), Squires (1984), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Martin and Davis (2001), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Rumsey et al. (2016); and to Meiura by Luque et al. (2017), Schwentner et al. (2018), Wolfe et al. (2019) and Hegna et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1802 | Brachyuri Latreille p. 20 |
| 1877 | Brachyura Woodward p. 1 |
| 1918 | Brachyura Rathbun p. 153 |
| 1926 | Brachyura Rathbun p. 22 |
| 1980 | Brachyura Squires p. 473 |
| 1984 | Brachyura Squires p. 55 |
| 1992 | Brachyura Feldmann and Keys p. 10 |
| 1995 | Brachyura Feldmann et al. p. 9 |
| 1997 | Brachyura Tiwari et al. p. 128 |
| 1999 | Brachyura Vega et al. p. 407 |
| 2000 | Brachyura Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 224 |
| 2001 | Brachyura Martin and Davis p. 74 |
| 2001 | Brachyura Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 199 |
| 2001 | Brachyura Vega et al. p. 931 |
| 2003 | Brachyura Feldmann et al. p. 152 |
| 2004 | Brachyura Schweitzer et al. p. 98 |
| 2004 | Brachyura Schweitzer and Karasawa p. 73 |
| 2005 | Brachyura Schweitzer p. 277 |
| 2008 | Brachyura Feldmann et al. p. 49 |
| 2009 | Brachyura Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 304 |
| 2010 | Brachyura Schweitzer et al. p. 57 |
| 2016 | Brachyura Rumsey et al. p. 330 |
| 2017 | Brachyura Luque et al. p. 7 |
| 2018 | Brachyura Schwentner et al. |
| 2019 | Brachyura Wolfe et al. |
| 2020 | Brachyura Hegna et al. p. 24 |
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Subor. Brachyura Latreille 1802 [crab]
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Invalid names: Pagurii Latreille 1802 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available