Heterotremata

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) + τρῆμα (trêma, “aperture, orifice”)

Proper noun

Heterotremata

  1. A taxonomic subsection within the order Decapoda – crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum in females, but on the legs in males.
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