A reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) including a re-appraisal of their whole systematics, re-assessment of the systematic status and position of all extant and extinct suprageneric taxa and their redescription, as well as a description of new taxa, has been undertaken. A great number of new higher taxa have been established and the majority of higher taxa have had their systematic status and position changed.Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) odnosi se na preispitivanje cjelokupnog njihovog sustava, uključujući preispitivanje sistematskog statusa i položaja sviju recentnih i izumrlih svojti iznad razine roda kao i njihove ponovne opise. Uspostavljeno je mnogo novih viših svojti, a većini je izmijenjen sistematski status i položaj
