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Anomurans
Anomura
Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs and others. Although the names of many anomurans includes the word crab, all true crabs are in the sister group to the Anomura, the Brachyura (the two groups together form the clade Meiura).
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Hermit Crabs
superfamilyPaguroidea
Squat Lobsters and Porcelain Crabs
superfamilyGalatheoidea
Mole Crabs
superfamilyHippoidea
Freshwater Anomurans
superfamilyAegloidea
Spider Squat Lobsters and Yeti Crabs
superfamilyChirostyloidea
Hairy Stone Crabs
superfamilyLomisoidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Anomura in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123825.