Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Brachyura Scientific name Thoracotremata Higher classification Eubrachyura | Subphylum Crustacea Section Eubrachyura Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | |
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Subsection Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977 Lower classifications Grapsoidea, Ocypodoidea, Grapsidae, Ocypodidae, Pinnotheridae | ||
Thoracotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings in both sexes are on the sternum, rather than on the legs. It comprises 17 families in four superfamilies .
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