Reptantia — noun lobsters; crabs • Syn: ↑suborder Reptantia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Brachyura — noun an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface • Syn: ↑Brachyura • Derivationally related forms: ↑brachyurous (for: ↑Brachyura) • Hypernyms: ↑animal ord … Useful english dictionary
reptantia — A division of the decapod crustacea by Boas (1880) on which the carpoprodal articulation of the pereiopods has two fixed points of attachment and the pleopods are often reduced or may be absent. Used as a suborder of the Decapods in many… … Crustacea glossary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Brachyura — noun an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface • Syn: ↑suborder Brachyura • Derivationally related forms: ↑brachyurous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Decapoda — noun 1. lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns • Syn: ↑order Decapoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca … Useful english dictionary
order Decapoda — noun 1. lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns • Syn: ↑Decapoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca … Useful english dictionary
family Homaridae — noun large clawed lobsters • Syn: ↑Homaridae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Reptantia, ↑suborder Reptantia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Homaridae — noun large clawed lobsters • Syn: ↑family Homaridae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Reptantia, ↑suborder Reptantia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
eryon — ˈerēˌän noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eryōn, present participle of eryein to draw out, drag; from the large carapace : a genus of fossil decapod crustaceans (suborder Reptantia) related to t … Useful english dictionary