Macrocheira

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Macrocheira
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Macrocheira kaempferi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Majoidea
Family: Macrocheiridae
Dana, 1851
Genus: Macrocheira
de Haan, 1839

Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea. [1] It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J.F.; Tsang, Ling Ming; Ng, Peter K.L. (15 May 2022). "Formal re-establishment of Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) for the giant spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) based on a reappraisal of morphological and genetic characters". Journal of Crustacean Biology . 42 (2) ruac022. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruac022 – via ResearchGate.
  2. ↑ Ahyong, Shane T. (8 June 2022). "Macrocheira De Haan, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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