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Humboldt Life

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Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)

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iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Heterotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum in females, but on the legs in males. It comprises 68 families in 28 superfamilies.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
        • Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
          • Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
            • Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
              • Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
                • Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
                  • Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
                    • Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
                      • Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
                        • Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
                          • Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
                            • Superfamily: Cancroidea (Rock and horse crabs) (6)
                            • Superfamily: Xanthoidea (Xanthoid crabs) (1)
                            • Superfamily: Majoidea (Spider crabs and decorator crabs) (7)

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Cancroidea (Rock and horse crabs)

Cancroidea

Superfamily: Xanthoidea (Xanthoid crabs)

Xanthoidea

Superfamily: Majoidea (Spider crabs and decorator crabs)

Majoidea

Where in Humboldt



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