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Noun: suborder Brachyura
  1. An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
    - Brachyura

Type of: animal order

Part of: Reptantia, suborder Reptantia

Nearest

suboptimality
suborbital
suborder
suborder Alcyonacea
suborder Anisoptera
suborder Anseres
suborder Anthropoidea
suborder Blattaria
suborder Blattodea
suborder Blennioidea
suborder Brachyura
suborder Carnosaura
suborder Cephalaspida
suborder Ceratopsia
suborder Ceratosaura
suborder Charadrii
suborder Clamatores
suborder Euronithopoda
suborder Eurylaimi
suborder Gorgonacea
suborder Gorgoniacea