Keavie

Keavie Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Liocarcinus vernalis
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Cless:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758
Sections an subsections[1]
Dromiacea Raninoida Cyclodorippoida Eubrachyura Heterotremata Thoracotremata

Keavies are decapod crustaceans o the infraorder Brachyura, which teepically hae a very short projectin "tail" (Greek: βραχύς, romanised: brachys = short,^[2] οὐρά / οura = tail^[3]), uisually entirely hidden unner the thorax.

1. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Juin 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
2. ↑ Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. "βραχύς". A Greek–English Lexicon. Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.
3. ↑ Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. "οὐρά". A Greek–English Lexicon. Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.