#suborder_Brachyura__Brachyura  an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  suborder_Reptantia
  member:  brachyuran  typical crabs
  member:  crab  decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  member:  genus_Menippe__Menippe  stone crabs
     member:  Menippe_mercenaria__stone_crab__stonecrab  large edible crab of S coat of United States especially Florida
  member:  family_Cancridae__Cancridae  many of the best known edible crabs
     member:  genus_Cancer__Cancer  type genus of the family Cancridae
        member:  Cancer_magister__Dungeness_crab  small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
        member:  rock_crab__Cancer_irroratus  crab of eastern coast of North America
        member:  Jonah_crab__Cancer_borealis  large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
  member:  family_Portunidae__Portunidae  swimming crabs
     member:  swimming_crab  marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
     member:  genus_Portunus__Portunus  type genus of the family Portunidae
        member:  English_lady_crab__Portunus_puber  crab of the English coasts
     member:  genus_Ovalipes__Ovalipes  a genus of Portunidae
        member:  American_lady_crab__lady_crab__calico_crab__Ovalipes_ocellatus  brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the United States Atlantic coast
     member:  genus_Callinectes__Callinectes  New World blue crabs
        member:  Callinectes_sapidus__blue_crab  bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
  member:  genus_Uca__Uca  fiddler crabs
     member:  fiddler_crab__fiddlercrab  burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
  member:  family_Pinnotheridae__Pinnotheridae  tiny soft-bodied crabs
     member:  genus_Pinnotheres__Pinnotheres  type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
        member:  pea_crab__peacrab  tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
        member:  oyster_crab__Pinnotheres_ostreum  tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
  member:  family_Lithodidae__Lithodidae  deep-sea crabs of cold waters
     member:  genus_Paralithodes__Paralithodes  a genus of Lithodidae
        member:  Paralithodes_camtschatica__king_crab__Alaska_crab__Alaskan_king_crab__Alaska_king_crab  large edible crab of North Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  member:  family_Majidae__Majidae  spider crabs
     member:  spider_crab  any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
     member:  genus_Maja__Maja__Maia__genus_Maia  type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan
        member:  European_spider_crab__king_crab__Maja_squinado  large European spider crab
     member:  genus_Macrocheira__Macrocheira  giant crabs of Japan
        member:  giant_crab__giantcrab__Macrocheira_kaempferi  very large deep-water Japanese crab

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