brachyuran

brach·y·u·ran (br

-y

n) also brach·y·u·ral (-y

l) or brach·y·u·rous (-y

adj.

Of or belonging to the Brachyura, a group of crustaceans including the true crabs, characterized by a short abdomen concealed under the cephalothorax.

A member of the Brachyura.

[From New Latin Brachyra, suborder name : Greek brakhu-, brachy- + Greek our, tail; see -urous.]

brachyuran [ˌbrækɪˈjʊərən]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Brachyura

[from New Latin Brachyura (literally: short-tailed creatures), from brachy- + Greek oura tail]

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Noun

brachyuran - typical crabs

crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

Brachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface

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-an Brachyura crustacean purse crab suborder Brachyura	KEY WORDS: blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, habitat partitioning, spatial ecology, population dynamics INTRODUCTION The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun (1896), is a commercially important brachyuran crab species throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, with 2007 landings totaling over 62,000 metric tons (NMFS 2007). Habitat use and population dynamics of blue crabs, Callinectes ... by Ramach, Sean; Darnell, M. Zachary; Avissar, Naomi; Rittschof, Daniel / Journal of Shellfish Research 2002), brachyurans (0-50%, Hill and Wassenberg, 1990; Wassenberg and Hill, 1993; Kaiser and Spencer, 1995) and anomurans (0-19%, Kaiser and Spencer, 1995). Modified sorting technique to mitigate the collateral mortality of ... by Broadhurst, Matt K.; Millar, Russell B.; Brand, Craig P.; Uhlmann, Sebastian S. / Fishery Bulletin It supports a rich invertebrate fauna, mainly consisting of polychaete worms, mollusks, and brachyuran crabs. DM to take part in global wetlands summit by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)	Brachycome Iberidifolia brachycranial brachycranic brachydactylia brachydactylic brachydactylous brachydactyly Brachydiagonal Brachydiagonal axis Brachydome Brachygrapher brachygraphy brachylogy brachyodont Brachypinacoid Brachyptera Brachypteres brachypterous Brachystegia Brachystegia speciformis Brachystochrone brachytactyly Brachytypous Brachyura Brachyural brachyuran brachyurous bracing braciola Brack bracken bracket bracket creep bracket fungus Bracket light bracket out bracketed blenny bracketing brackets brackish Brackishness Bracknell Bracknell Forest Bracky braconid bract Bractea Bracteal bracteate Bracted bracteolate	brachysm Brachyspira Brachyspira aalborgi Brachyspira alvinipulli Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Brachyspira intermedia Brachyspira pilosicoli Brachystegia Brachystegia speciformis Brachystegia Spiciformis Brachystochrone brachysyncline brachysyndactyly brachytactyly brachytelephalangia Brachytelephalangic Chondrodysplasia Punctata brachytherapy brachytherapy brachytherapy brachytherapy Brachytherapy Boost Brachytherapy or sealed source radiotherapy Brachytherapy or sealed source radiotherapy Brachythoraci Brachytypous Brachyura Brachyura brachyural brachyuran brachyurous Brachyury Braciasaurus Braciasaurus bracing bracing bracing bracing bracing Bracing style bracing up bracing up bracing up bracing up bracingly bracingly bracingly braciola braciole Braciolle Brack Brack Brack Brack Bracke, Wilhelm brackebuschite bracken bracken bracken bracken

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purse crab
suborder Brachyura

KEY WORDS: blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, habitat partitioning, spatial ecology, population dynamics INTRODUCTION The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun (1896), is a commercially important brachyuran crab species throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, with 2007 landings totaling over 62,000 metric tons (NMFS 2007).

Habitat use and population dynamics of blue crabs, Callinectes ... by Ramach, Sean; Darnell, M. Zachary; Avissar, Naomi; Rittschof, Daniel / Journal of Shellfish Research

2002), brachyurans (0-50%, Hill and Wassenberg, 1990; Wassenberg and Hill, 1993; Kaiser and Spencer, 1995) and anomurans (0-19%, Kaiser and Spencer, 1995).

Modified sorting technique to mitigate the collateral mortality of ... by Broadhurst, Matt K.; Millar, Russell B.; Brand, Craig P.; Uhlmann, Sebastian S. / Fishery Bulletin

It supports a rich invertebrate fauna, mainly consisting of polychaete worms, mollusks, and brachyuran crabs.

DM to take part in global wetlands summit by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)

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