Meiura
| Meiura | |
|---|---|
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| Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) | |
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| European green crab (Carcinus maenas) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Clade: | Reptantia |
| Clade: | Meiura Scholtz & Richter, 1995[2] |
| Infraorders[3] | |
Meiura is a proposed clade of decapods containing the infraorders Anomura (hermit crabs) and Brachyura (true crabs).[3] It was named by Gerhard Scholtz and Stefan Richter in 1995.[2][4]
References
- ↑ Chablais, Jérôme; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Schweitzer, Carrie E. (March 2011). "A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 85 (1): 93–102. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0080-y. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Meiura". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Palaeos Arthropods: Crustacea: Decapoda: Meiura". palaeos.com. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ Scholtz, G.; Richter, S. (1995). "Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113: 289–328. Retrieved 19 September 2025.