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 > Family Varunidae

Varuninae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachynotus De Haan, 1833
Eriocheir De Haan, 1835
Hemigrapsus Dana, 1851

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: モクズガニ亜科

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. Varuninae 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:439146

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-07-04 by Shane Ahyong

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