Biology:Macrophthalmus japonicus

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Short description: Species of crab

Japanese mud crab
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Macrophthalmidae
Genus: Macrophthalmus
Subgenus: Macrophthalmus (Mareotis)
Species:
M. japonicus
Binomial name
Macrophthalmus japonicus
(De Haan, 1835)

Macrophthalmus japonicus, the Japanese mud crab, is a species of sentinel crab in the family Macrophthalmidae found in Asia.[1] The taxon was described by Wilhem de Haan in 1835.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11086337 entry