Brachyura (Linnaeus 1758), Crabs ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Infraorder

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Taxonomy of Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	1033 12148 92586	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	995 11546 91261	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	379 5045 43294	Families Genera Species
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	376 5018 43105	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	278 4664 41091	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	156 2882 21182	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758

Section	Cyclodorippoida Ortmann, 1892	3 26 165	Families Genera Species
Section	Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833	16 216 1136	Families Genera Species
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	128 2548 19326	Families Genera Species
Section	Podotremata Guinot, 1977	0 0 0	Families Genera Species
Section	Raninoida De Haan, 1839	6 88 539	Families Genera Species
Family	Cretapsaridae Luque, 2021	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Linnaeoxanthidae Stevcic, 2005	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Prosoponidae	0 0	Genera Species
Genus	Plagiolophus ♰ Bell, 1857	10	Species
Genus	Zoea Bosc, 1801	4	Species

Synonyms

Archaeobrachyura (Guinot, 1977)

Brachiura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Brachyrhyncha (Borradaile, 1907)

Cancridea (Latreille, 1803)

Dromiacea (Da Haan, 1833)

Oxyrhyncha (Latreille, 1803)

Oxystomata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Brachyura

German	Echte Krabben, Krabben, Kurzschwanzkrebse
English	Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
Swedish	Krabbor
Finnish	Taskuravut
Norwegian	Krabber

Distribution and Species lists of Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution on islands

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Aldabra Group
24 Families  76 Genera  121 SpeciesAlor Archipelago
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAndreanof Islands
4 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesAntipodes Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAzores
28 Families  64 Genera  108 SpeciesBacan islands
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesBarat Daya Islands
5 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesCapricorn Group
33 Families  120 Genera  234 SpeciesCentral Line Islands
15 Families  44 Genera  43 SpeciesDanish Wadden Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDesertas Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEast Aleutians
6 Families  12 Genera  15 SpeciesFarquhar Group
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesFox Islands
5 Families  11 Genera  15 SpeciesGlorioso Islands
5 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesHebrides
9 Families  15 Genera  24 SpeciesInner Hebrides
9 Families  12 Genera  20 SpeciesIslands of Chile
46 Families  150 Genera  232 SpeciesIslands of Four Mountains
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of the Stagnone of Marsala
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesKai Islands
12 Families  31 Genera  42 SpeciesKrakatoa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLangkawi
12 Families  17 Genera  16 SpeciesMacaronesia
44 Families  131 Genera  270 SpeciesMurray Islands
14 Families  28 Genera  31 SpeciesNear Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorthern Isles
11 Families  18 Genera  27 SpeciesNorthern Line Islands
13 Families  24 Genera  29 SpeciesNorthern Orkney Islands
7 Families  9 Genera  14 SpeciesObi Islands
5 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesOrkney Islands
9 Families  12 Genera  20 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
8 Families  14 Genera  16 SpeciesPoor Knights Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRat Islands
5 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesShetland Islands
9 Families  15 Genera  23 SpeciesSnares Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSolitary Islands
8 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
14 Families  28 Genera  31 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
15 Families  27 Genera  28 SpeciesSouthern Line Islands
15 Families  33 Genera  31 SpeciesSouthern Orkney Islands
5 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesUist
8 Families  11 Genera  12 SpeciesWest Aleutians
5 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesWestern Orkney Islands
4 Families  6 Genera  7 Species

Found in fossile formations

Green River Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGreensand Formations
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesLondon Clay Formation
10 Families  16 Genera  24 SpeciesLower Greensand Formation
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesWellington Formation
3 Families  3 Genera  3 Species

Links, sources and further information

Brachyura at artfakta.se
Brachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Brachyura at dyntaxa.se
Brachyura at gbif.org
Brachyura at itis.gov
Brachyura at marinespecies.org