Macrocheira

Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea. It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Macrocheira is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Japanese spider crabs, Animalia and arthropod.

It sits within the topics Animal genera with one living species, Majoidea and Taxa named by Wilhem de Haan.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyMacrocheiridae

Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2
Family: Macrocheiridae
Collections: UMZC, BPBM
Recorded in: Japan

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Macrocheira kaempferi.jpg

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taxon name: Macrocheira
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Macrocheira

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Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea. It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra.

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