Thoracotremata
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| Thoracotremata | |
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| Leptograpsus variegatus, Grapsidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977 |
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Thoracotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum, rather than on the legs in both sexes. It comprises 17 families in four superfamilies [1].
[edit] Superfamilies and families
[edit] References
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
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