Concept information
Preferred term
Brachyura
Type
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Definition
- An infraorder of chiefly marine, largely carnivorous CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, including the genera Cancer, Uca, and Callinectes. Species in the genus Callinectes, family Portunidae, order DECAPODA, found in the Chesapeake Bay. Species in the genus Carcinus, family Portunidae, order BRACHYURA. Native of Europe, this voracious predator has invaded other continents affecting established habitats.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Crabs, Short-Tailed
- Crabs, True
- txid53313
- txid6752
- txid6759
- txid6763
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Brachyoures
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Crabes vrais
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txid53313
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txid6752
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txid6759
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txid6763
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Vrais crabes
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-S8DZ8ZDS-Q
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