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Descriptor English: Anomura
Descriptor Spanish: Anomuros
Descriptor Anomura
Entry term(s) anomuros
Scope note: Infraorden de CRUSTÁCEA, del orden DECAPODA, que comprende cangrejos hermitaños y se caracterizan por un pequeño quinto par de patas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Anomuros
Descriptor French: Anomura
Entry term(s): Anomuras
Crab, Hermit
Crabs, Hermit
Hermit Crab
Hermit Crabs
Pagurus
Paralithode
Paralithodes
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.365.190.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033381
Scope note: An infraorder of CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA comprising the hermit crabs and characterized by a small fifth pair of legs.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Crustacea (1979-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36548
Unique ID: D033381
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Anomura - Preferred
Concept UI M0402505
Scope note An infraorder of CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA comprising the hermit crabs and characterized by a small fifth pair of legs.
Preferred term Anomura
Entry term(s) Anomuras
Crab, Hermit
Crabs, Hermit
Hermit Crabs
Paralithodes - Narrower
Concept UI M0402507
Scope note Genus in the family Lithodidae containing the red king crab Paralithodes camtschatica.
Preferred term Paralithodes
Entry term(s) Paralithode
Pagurus - Narrower
Concept UI M0402506
Scope note A specific genus in the family Paguridae, infraorder ANOMURA. It is commonly known as the hermit crab and is characterized by its use of the shells of other gastropods for housing its abdomen.
Preferred term Pagurus
Entry term(s) Hermit Crab



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