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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Crab, Crab fisheries, Pinnotheridae, List of crabs of New Zealand, Pilumnoidea, Florida stone crab, Hepatus epheliticus, Goneplax rhomboides, Leucosiidae, Pilumnus hirtellus, Mangrove crab, Pseudothelphusidae, Carpilioidea, Matutidae, Calappa, Eriphia verrucosa, Hymenosomatidae, Ranina ranina, Portunoidea, Hexapodidae, Trichodactylidae, Actumnus, Retroplumidae, Orithyia sinica, Grapsoidea, Corystes cassivelaunus, Bythograeidae, Raninidae, Dromiacea, Pseudozioidea, Tanaocheles, Goneplacidae, Trapezia, Cheiragonidae, Tasmanian giant crab, Palicoidea, Trapeziidae, Eubrachyura, Echinoecus pentagonus, Cryptochiridae, Gandalfus yunohana, Heikegani, Mursia, Dairoidea, Vultocinus, Palicus, Corystidae, Branchioplax, Ashtoret, Aethridae, Eumorphocorystes, Calappa hepatica, Bellia, Calappidae, Xanthoidea, Heterotremata, Carpilius convexus, Ocypodoidea, Palicidae, Hepatella, Thoracotremata, Osachila, Eriphioidea, Goneplacoidea, Acantholambrus, Belliidae, Trapezioidea, Menippe adina, Gecarcinucoidea, Calappoidea, Icriocarcinus, Podotremata, Componocancer, Palaeocarpilius, Dorippoidea, Drachiella, Raninoida, Menippidae, Majoidea, Cancroidea, Leucisca, Potamoidea, Progeryonidae, Cryptosoma, Cyclodorippoida, Horsehair crab, Acanthocarpus, Matuta, Parthenopidae, Ozius truncatus, Leucosioidea, Actaeomorpha, Menippe rumphii, Heterozius, Sakaila, Aethra, Cycloes, Cyclozodion, Platymera, Paracyclois, Izanami, Menippe nodifrons, Calappula, Mebeli, Mud crab. Excerpt: True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (Greek: = short, = tail), or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax. Many other animals with similar names - such as hermit crabs, king crabs, porcelain crabs, horseshoe crabs and crab lice - are not true crabs. Gecarcinus quadratus, a lan...
