Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Thoracotremata > Superfamily Grapsoidea

Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asthenognathinae Stimpson, 1858
Varuninae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: モクズガニ科

Literature

original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series. 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439140

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-12-15 by Peter Davie

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