Brachyura

How To Use Brachyura In A Sentence

• Schram and Mapes erected the new genus, Imocaris, to contain the oldest known brachyuran, also from North America.
• Thus, although mollusks and foraminiferans of the area have been studied extensively, additional collecting is necessary to fully describe the brachyuran fauna.
• In the paper "A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia" by B.R. de Forges and P.K.L. Ng in Zootaxa 1409: 61-67 (2007) a new species of Cyrtomaia deep-sea spider crab. Archive 2007-02-01
• The breeding behaviour and migrations of the terrestrial crab Gecarcoidea natalis (Decapoda: Brachyura). Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests
• Among crustacea, it is very remarkable that trilobites and limulus-like forms are the only representatives of the class during the paleozoic ages; that macrourans prevailed in the same manner during the secondary period; and that brachyurans make their appearance only in the tertiary period. Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence
• The assemblage of decapods, one macruran, one anomuran and two brachyurans, is one that would be anticipated in the offshore, relatively quiet water setting of a delta front.
• Eberhart, a senior at Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, designed and developed a portable light trap for sampling brachyuran crab larvae. The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE
• The macruran and brachyuran decapods, which are not as dependent on swimming, and therefore are less concerned with body drag, do not engage in general body grooming, with few exceptions.
• Grazing and predation as related to energy needs of stage I zoeae of the Tanner crab Chinoectes bairdi (Brachyura, Majidae). Past variability in Arctic marine systems
• The taxon is unique among brachyurans due to its distinctive dorsal carapace ornamentation.