Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs and others. Although the names of many anomurans includes the word crab, all true crabs are in the sister group to the Anomura, the Brachyura (the two groups together form the clade Meiura). The name Anomura derives from an old classification in which reptant dec...
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• (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura
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An`o·mu'ra An`o*mou'ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... lawless + ... tail.] (Zoology) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
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Anomura is a section of the crustaceans of the order Decapoda, with irregular tails not formed to assist in swimming, including the hermit-crabs and others.
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