| Full name: |
World List of marine Brachyura UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Brachyura |
| Version: |
2015-09-01 |
| Release date: |
2015-09-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Ng P.K.L. & Davie P. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Decapoda - Infraorder Brachyura - 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, 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 living species |
7,047 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
68 |
| Number of extinct species: |
2 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
5,078 |
| Number of common names: |
772 |
| Total number of names: |
12,967 |
| 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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| Bibliographic citation: |
Ng P.K.L. & Davie P. (2017). WoRMS Brachyura: World List of marine Brachyura (version 2015-09-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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