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 > Subfamily Varuninae

Eriocheir De Haan, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eriochirus*	H. Milne Edwards, 1853	synonym
*Grapsus (Eriocheir)*	De Haan, 1835	synonym

Children

Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モクズガニ属

Literature

basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Eriocheir De Haan, 1835. 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:106961

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Eriocheir De Haan, 1835. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dd9b35d4-0c46-4f65-9cdf-04114ab744b5