An annotated checklist of the extant brachyuran crabs of the world is presented for the first
time. Over 10,500 names are treated including 6,793 valid species and subspecies (with …

We present an updated classification for the entire Crustacea Decapoda, listing all known
families and genera organized by higher taxonomic groups and including estimates of the …

Crabs of the infra-order Brachyura are one of the most diverse groups of crustaceans with
approximately 7,000 described species in 98 families, occurring in marine, freshwater, and …

A fundamental question in biology is whether phenotypes can be predicted by ecological or
genomic rules. At least five cases of convergent evolution of the crab‐like body plan (with a …

This volume, 9B, covers the infraorders of the Astacidea that were not covered in volume 9A
(Enoplometopoidea, Nephropoidea and Glypheidea) as well as the Axiidea, Gebiidea and …

This illustrated atlas describes 256 extant brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and
the Gulf of Oman. Identification keys are provided for 37 brachyuran families, 144 genera …

Since the late 1800s, several infraordinal relationships have been proposed for Decapoda;
however, reaching a consensus among higher-level relationships is proving difficult …

The systematics of the over 7250 species of Brachyura is in the midst of a dynamic period of
change. The last decade has seen an unprecedented interest and enthusiasm for …

The phylogeny of Decapoda is contentious and many hypotheses have been proposed
based on morphological cladistic analyses. Recent molecular studies, however, yielded …

For much of terrestrial biodiversity, the evolutionary pathways of adaptation from marine
ancestors are poorly understood and have usually been viewed as a binary trait. True crabs …