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Eriocheir
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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. left|thumb|Comparison between Japanese mitten crab|Japanese (left) and Chinese (right) mitten crabs

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Eriocheir, and connects out to Eriocheir sinensis, Eriocheir japonica and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Decapod genera, Grapsoidea and Taxa named by Wilhem de Haan.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyVarunidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded70,299

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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. left|thumb|Comparison between Japanese mitten crab|Japanese (left) and Chinese (right) mitten crabs

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eriocheir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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