#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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