Suborder Pleocyemata

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Order Decapoda (crabs, shrimp, and relatives)
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  Suborder Pleocyemata
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  Infraorder Anomura
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  Family Aeglidae
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  Family Albuneidae (mole crabs)
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  Family Callianassidae (ghost shrimps)
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  Family Chirostylidae
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  Family Coenobitidae (land hermit crabs)
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  Family Ctenochelidae
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  Family Diogenidae (left-handed hermit crabs)
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  Family Galatheidae (squat lobsters)
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  Superfamily Galatheoidea
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  Family Hippidae (sand crabs)
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  Superfamily Hippoidea
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  Family Laomediidae
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  Family Lithodidae (stone and king crabs)
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  Family Lomidae
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  Family Paguridae (right-handed hermit crabs)
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  Superfamily Paguroidea
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  Family Parapaguridae (deepwater hermit crabs)
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  Family Porcellanidae (porcelain crabs)
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  Family Pylochelidae
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  Family Thalassinidae
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  Family Upogebiidae (mud shrimps)
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  Infraorder Astacidea
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  Superfamily Astacoidea
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  Family Astacidae (crayfishes)
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  Family Austroastacidae
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  Family Cambaridae (cambarid crayfish and crayfishes)
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  Family Enoplometopidae
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  Family Parastacidae
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  Superfamily Nephropoidea
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  Family Nephropidae (clawed lobsters)
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  Family Thaumastochelidae
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  Infraorder Brachyura
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  Superfamily Cancroidea
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  Family Atelecyclidae (horse crabs)
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  Family Cancridae (rock crabs)
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  Family Corystidae
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  Family Pirimelidae
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  Family Thiidae
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  Superfamily Cryptochiroidea
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  Family Cryptochiridae (gall crabs)
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  Family Cyclodorippidae
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  Superfamily Cyclodorippoidea
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  Family Cymonomidae
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  Superfamily Dorippoidea
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  Family Dorippidae (sumo crabs)
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  Superfamily Dromioidea
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  Family Dromiidae (sponge crabs)
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  Family Dynomenidae
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  Family Homolodromiidae
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  Family Eumedonidae
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  Superfamily Grapsoidea
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  Family Gecarcinidae (land crabs)
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  Family Grapsidae (marsh crabs, shore crabs, and talon crabs)
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  Superfamily Homoloidea
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  Family Homolidae (carrier crabs)
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  Family Latreilliidae
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  Family Hymenosomidae
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  Superfamily Leucosioidea
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  Family Calappidae (box crabs)
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  Family Leucosiidae (purse crabs)
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  Superfamily Majoidea
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  Family Majidae (spider crabs)
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  Family Mimilambridae
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  Superfamily Ocypodoidea
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  Family Ocypodidae (fiddler crabs and ghost crabs)
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  Family Palicidae (stilt crabs)
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  Family Retroplumidae
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  Superfamily Parthenopoidea
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  Family Parthenopidae (elbow crabs)
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  Superfamily Pinnotheroidea
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  Family Pinnotheridae (pea crabs)
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  Superfamily Portunoidea
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  Family Geryonidae (deepsea crabs)
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  Family Portunidae (swimming crabs)
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  Family Potamidae
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  Superfamily Raninoidea
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  Family Raninidae (frog crabs)
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  Family Sinopotamidae
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  Family Trapeziidae
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  Superfamily Xanthoidea
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  Family Goneplacidae
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  Family Xanthidae (mud crabs)
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  Infraorder Caridea
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  Family Alpheidae (snapping shrimps)
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  Superfamily Alpheoidea
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  Family Atyidae (basket shrimp)
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  Superfamily Atyoidea
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  Superfamily Bresiloidea
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  Family Agostocarididae
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  Family Alvinocarididae
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  Family Bresiliidae
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  Family Disciadidae
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  Genus Kirnasia
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  Family Pseudochelidae
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  Family Campylonotidae
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  Family Crangonidae
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  Superfamily Crangonoidea
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  Family Eugonatonotidae
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  Family Glyphocrangonidae (armored shrimps)
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  Family Gnathophyllidae (bumblebee shrimps)
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  Family Hippolytidae
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  Family Nematocarcinidae
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  Family Ogyrididae (longeye shrimps)
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  Family Oplophoridae (deepsea shrimps)
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  Superfamily Palaemonoidea
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  Family Palaemonidae
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