Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda

Macrura Latreille, 1802

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Children

Palinura Latreille, 1802
Thalassinidea Latreille, 1831

Literature

original description

Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris. 14 vols.:413 pp.

basis of record

Meyer, R. (2014). Integrative taxonomy of decapod crustaceans with traditional and modern methods. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Biology.

taxonomy source

Poore, G. C. B. (2016). The names of the higher taxa of Crustacea Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 36, 248-255.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macrura. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856793

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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Last modified

2015-10-14 by Gary C.B. Poore

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