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Abstract
An infraorder of chiefly marine, largely carnivorous CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, including the genera Cancer, Uca, and Callinectes.
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Synonyms
33 entry terms
- Crabs, Short-Tailed
- Crabs, True
- Brachyuras
- Crab, Short-Tailed
- Crab, True
- Crabs, Short Tailed
- Short-Tailed Crab
- Short-Tailed Crabs
- True Crab
- True Crabs
- Blue Crab
- Callinectes sapidus
- Carcinus maenas
- Common Shore Crab
- Crab, Blue
- Crab, Common Shore
- Crab, Green
- European Shore Crab
- Green Crab
- Uca
- Blue Crabs
- Carcinus maena
- Common Shore Crabs
- Crab, European Shore
- Crabs, Blue
- Crabs, Common Shore
- Crabs, Green
- Green Crabs
- Shore Crab, Common
- Shore Crab, European
- Shore Crabs, Common
- Ucas
- maenas, Carcinus
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18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
as animal & food; IM; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
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History Note
2003 (1972)
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Previous Indexing
- Crustacea (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Brachyura. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003386. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003386
- Brachyura. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyura
- Brachyura. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40802