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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Familia: Grapsidae
Genus: Eriocheir
Species: E. formosa – E. japonica – E. ogasawaraensis – E. sinensis
Name

Eriocheir de Haan, 1835

Gender: feminine.
Synonyms

Grapsus (Eriocheir) De Haan, 1835

References

Sakai, K., 2013: A review of the genus Eriocheir De Haan, 1835 and related genera, with the description of a new genus and a new species (Brachyura, Grapsoidea, Varunidae). Crustaceana, 86 (9): 1103–1138. Full article: [1].

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

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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