Eriocheir De Haan 1835 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae

Alternative spelling: Grapsus (Eriocheir)

Parent taxon: Varuninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acmaeopleura, Brachynotus, Hemigrapsus, Utica, Varuna

Subtaxa: Eriocheir japonica

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eriocheir in the database

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