Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Grapsidae
Carapace almost rectangular, with distinct teeth on the lateral margins ; free-living.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
)
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
)
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
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)
- Class:
Malacostraca
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)
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
)
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
)
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
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)
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
(
)
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Grapsoidea
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)
- MacLeay, 1838
- Superfamily:
Grapsoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eriocheir
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. sinensis (Chinese Mitten Crab)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- World directory of hydrobiological and fisheries institutions. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1963. url p. 110.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5468738
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16077353
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2032895
