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Crabs

Known as: Brachyura, True Crab, Short-Tailed Crabs 
An infraorder of chiefly marine, largely carnivorous CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, including the genera Cancer, Uca, and Callinectes.
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Callinectes sapidusCarcinus maenasUca
Cancer GenusCrab - dietaryLice InfestationsMalacostraca
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Subphylum Crustacea

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes
Significance What would extensive fishery reform look like? In addition, what would be the benefits and trade-offs of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Freshwater crabs and the biodiversity crisis: Importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges
Freshwater ecosystems in the tropics host a diverse endemic fauna including freshwater crabs, but the rapid loss and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater
An assessment of the global freshwater crab diversity is presented. A total of 1,476 species in 14 families are currently known… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Acclimation Capacity Underlies Susceptibility to Climate Change
Recent reports have presented meta-analyses of global biological impacts of climate change ( [1][1], [2][2] ). However, there is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
CRABS CLAW and SPATULA, two Arabidopsis genes that control carpel development in parallel with AGAMOUS.
To help understand the process of carpel morphogenesis, the roles of three carpel development genes have been partitioned… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rapid evolution to terrestrial life in Jamaican crabs
Crabs of the family Grapsidae are abundant organisms in most intertidal communities. However, relatively few species live in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Morphology of the Brain of Crayfish, Crabs, and Spiny Lobsters: A Common Nomenclature for Homologous Structures.
The morphologies of the cerebral ganglia (brains) of three infraorders of the decapod crustaceans (Astacura-crayfish; Brachyura… Expand
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
REPORT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGISTS)
In February 1981, ASP President Elmer Noble on recommendation from the Editor, Austin Maclnnis, appointed an ad hoc committee "to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Allometric constraints and variables of reproductive effort in brachyuran crabs
Allometric relationships of reproductive output were compared in 20 species from 7 families of brachyuran crabs from the east and… Expand
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Crabs of Japan and the adjacent seas
 
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