''Daira'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s and is the only genus in the family Dairidae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Daira americana Daira may refer to:
* Daïra, a type of administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia
* ''Daira'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Dairidae
* Da'ira (talisman), a circular talisman used in Bábism
* Da'ira, Yemen, a popu ...
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Daira coronata''
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Daira depressa''
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Daira eocaenica Daira may refer to:
* Daïra, a type of administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia
* ''Daira'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Dairidae
* Da'ira (talisman), a circular talisman used in Bábism
* Da'ira, Yemen, a p ...
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Daira eocenica Daira may refer to:
* Daïra, a type of administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia
* ''Daira'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Dairidae
* Da'ira (talisman), a circular talisman used in Bábism
* Da'ira, Yemen, a p ...
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Daira gabertii Daira may refer to:
* Daïra, a type of administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia
* ''Daira'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Dairidae
* Da'ira (talisman), a circular talisman used in Bábism
* Da'ira, Yemen, a p ...
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Daira perlata''
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Daira salebrosa''
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Daira sicula''
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Daira speciosa''
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Daira vulgaris Daira may refer to:
* Daïra, a type of administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia
* ''Daira'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Dairidae
* Da'ira (talisman), a circular talisman used in Bábism
* Da'ira, Yemen, a popu ...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3012136
Crabs
Decapod genera