| Full name: |
WoRMS Brachyura: World List of Marine Brachyura NEW!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Brachyura |
| Version: |
Oct 2011 |
| Release date: |
2011-10-18 |
| Authors/editors: |
Ng P.K.L. & Davie P. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Decapoda - Infraorder Brachyura - Families Acidopsidae, Aethridae, Aphanodactylidae, Atelecyclidae, Belliidae, Bythograeidae, Calappidae, Camptandriidae, Cancridae, Carpiliidae, Chasmocarcinidae, Cheiragonidae, Conleyidae, Corystidae, Crossotonotidae, Cryptochiridae, Cyclodorippidae, Cymonomidae, Dacryopilumnidae, Dairidae, Dairoididae, Domeciidae, Dorippidae, Dotillidae, Dromiidae, Dynomenidae, Epialtidae, Eriphiidae, Ethusidae, Euryplacidae, Galenidae, Gecarcinidae, Gecarcinucidae, Geryonidae, Glyptograpsidae, Goneplacidae, Grapsidae, Heloeciidae, Hexapodidae, Homolidae, Homolodromiidae, Hymenosomatidae, Hypothalassiidae, Inachidae, Inachoididae, Iphiculidae, Latreilliidae, Leucosiidae, Litocheiridae, Macrophthalmidae, Majidae, Mathildellidae, Matutidae, Menippidae, Mictyridae, Not assigned, Ocypodidae, Oregoniidae, Orithyiidae, Oziidae, Palicidae, Panopeidae, Parthenopidae, Percnidae, Phyllotymolinidae, Pilumnidae, Pilumnoididae, Pinnotheridae, Pirimelidae, Plagusiidae, Planopilumnidae, Platyxanthidae, Polybiidae, Portunidae, Potamidae, Potamonautidae, Poupiniidae, Progeryonidae, Pseudorhombilidae, Pseudothelphusidae, Pseudoziidae, Raninidae, Retroplumidae, Scalopidiidae, Sesarmidae, Sotoplacidae, Tanaochelidae, Tetraliidae, Thiidae, Trapeziidae, Trichopeltariidae, Ucididae, Varunidae, Vultocinidae, Xanthidae, Xenograpsidae, Xenophthalmidae |
| English name of the group: |
Crabs |
| Number of species: |
6,999 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: |
70 |
| Number of synonyms: |
4,930 |
| Number of common names: |
354 |
| Total number of names: |
12,353 |
| Abstract: |
This global marine species list is part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: |
National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Science, Singapore; Queensland Museum, Centre for Biodiversity, South Brisbane, Australia |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org
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