Definition of Anomura. Meaning of Anomura. Synonyms of Anomura

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Definition of Anomura

Anomura
Anomura An`o*mu"ra, Anomoura An`o*mou"ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? lawless + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

Meaning of Anomura from wikipedia

- Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs and others. Although the names of many anomurans include the word...
- at least five groups of decapod crustaceans: Order Decapoda: Infraorder Anomura: King crabs, which most scientists believe evolved from hermit crab ancestors...
- (lobsters and crabs). Brachyura is the sister clade to the infraorder Anomura, which contains the hermit crabs and relatives. The cladogram below shows...
- of these species are crabs, with the shrimp (about 3,000 species) and Anomura including hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, squat lobsters (about 2500 species)...
- Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed...
- PMID 21835822. Patsy A. McLaughlin; Rafael Lemaitre (1997). "Carcinization in the anomura – fact or fiction? I. Evidence from adult morphology". Contributions to...
- (1993), p. 644 Greenaway, Peter (2003). "Terrestrial adaptations in the Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 60 (1): 13–26. doi:10...
- (2006). "A new squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge" (PDF). Zoosystema...
- a species of land hermit crab in the genus Coenobita Latreille, 1829 (Anomura: Coenobitidae). Coenobita lila is described from Singapore, Malaysia and...
- G. (1986). "Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae), with comments on anomuran phylogeny". Journal of Crustacean...