Macrocheira

Macrocheira
Macrocheira kaempferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Majoidea
Family:	Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851
Genus:	Macrocheira de Haan, 1839

Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea.^[1] It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra.^[2]

1. ^ Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J.F.; Tsang, Ling Ming; Ng, Peter K.L. (15 May 2022). "Formal re-establishment of Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) for the giant spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) based on a reappraisal of morphological and genetic characters". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 42 (2) ruac022. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruac022 – via ResearchGate.
2. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (8 June 2022). "Macrocheira De Haan, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

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