Eriocheir

Eriocheir
Eriocheir sinensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Subfamily: Varuninae
Genus: Eriocheir
De Haan, 1835
Species 
  • Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991
  • Eriocheir japonica (De Haan, 1835)
  • Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Eriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai in Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoya & Watanabe, 2006

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

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