Comprising over 15 000 living species, decapods (crabs, shrimp and lobsters) are the most
instantly recognizable crustaceans, representing a considerable global food source …

We present an updated classification for the entire Crustacea Decapoda, listing all known
families and genera organized by higher taxonomic groups and including estimates of the …

Crabs of the infra-order Brachyura are one of the most diverse groups of crustaceans with
approximately 7,000 described species in 98 families, occurring in marine, freshwater, and …

Abstract The crab genus Perisesarma De Man, 1895 has been shown to be a polyphyletic
taxon comprising morphologically heterogeneous species. Some members of the genus …

The preamble to the Systema Brachyurorum (Ng et al., 2008), the catalysis for this and
similar annotated checklists, began with the readers' attentions directed to previous …

Since the late 1800s, several infraordinal relationships have been proposed for Decapoda;
however, reaching a consensus among higher-level relationships is proving difficult …

Background Decapods are the most recognizable of all crustaceans and comprise a
dominant group of benthic invertebrates of the continental shelf and slope, including many …

Abstract Background The infraorder Anomura has long captivated the attention of
evolutionary biologists due to its impressive morphological diversity and ecological …

Not much more than fifteen years ago, the first decapod phylogenies based on mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) sequences revolutionized decapod phylogenetics. Initially, this method was …

Lobsters are a ubiquitous and economically important group of decapod crustaceans that
include the infraorders Polychelida, Glypheidea, Astacidea and Achelata. They include …