Eriocheir

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Eriocheir
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Eriocheir sinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Subfamily: Varuninae
Genus: Eriocheir
De Haan, 1835
Species   [1] [2]

Eriocheir is a genus of crabs, including the Chinese mitten crab, E. sinensis. [1] [2] Formerly in the family Grapsidae, it is now placed in the Varunidae.

Comparison between Japanese (left) and Chinese (right) mitten crabs E japonica sinensis.jpg
Comparison between Japanese (left) and Chinese (right) mitten crabs

References

  1. 1 2 DecaNet (2023). "Eriocheir De Haan, 1835". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Ng, Peter K. L.; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2023-08-28.


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