Eriocheir
| Eriocheir | |
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| Eriocheir sinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Varunidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Eriocheir De Haan, 1835 |
| Species [1] | |
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Eriocheir is a genus of crabs, including the Chinese mitten crab, E. sinensis.[1] Formerly in the family Grapsidae, it is now placed in the Varunidae.
References[]
- ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; 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.
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