family cancridae

Thân thiện

Crabs from the family Cancridae scuttle along the sandy ocean floor.

Definition

Proper noun (Biology/Taxonomy): * A taxonomic family of crustaceans within the infraorder Brachyura, commonly known as true crabs. This family includes many well-known, commercially important species of edible crabs, typically characterized by a broad, oval carapace and strong, often serrated claws.

Usage Notes

• Capitalization: As a proper noun representing a taxonomic family name, "Cancridae" is always capitalized.
• Context: This term is used almost exclusively in scientific, biological, or zoological contexts. It is not used in everyday conversation.
• Grammar: It is treated as a singular noun (e.g., "The family Cancridae includes the genus .").

Examples

• The family Cancridae is distributed throughout the world's temperate oceans.
• Several species within the family Cancridae are of significant commercial value to fisheries.
• Taxonomists study the morphological features that define the family Cancridae.

Advanced Usage

• In formal taxonomic writing, the family name may be followed by the authority who first described it (e.g., "Cancridae Latreille, 1802").
• The term can be used in discussions of marine biodiversity, evolutionary biology, and fishery management.

Variants and Related Words

• Cancrid (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of the family Cancridae.
  • The crab exhibited typical cancrid features.
• Genus Cancer: The type genus of the family Cancridae, which includes species like the European edible crab () and the Dungeness crab (, formerly classified in ).

Synonyms

• True crabs (common name, less precise)
• Cancroid crabs (technical adjective used as a collective noun)

Different Meanings

This term has only one specific meaning in modern English: the zoological family name. It does not have idiomatic or colloquial uses.

Học thuật

Noun

1. many of the best known edible crabs

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Cancridae
• family Cancridae