Mitten crab relatives
An Eriocheir sinensis specimen collected from the River Cray, near Crayford in Kent.
Eriocheir species:
The type species for the genus Eriocheir is Grapsus (Eriocheir) japonicus de Haan, 1835, by monotypy; gender feminine.
4 species have been assigned to Eriocheir de Haan, 1835:
- Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991
- Eriocheir japonica (de Haan, 1835)
- Eriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai, 2006
- Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853
Eriocheir rectus Stimpson, 1858 and Eriocheir formosa Nakagawa, 1915 (nomen nudum) = Eriocheir japonica (de Haan, 1835)
Related genera:
- Neoeriocheir Sakai, 1983
The type species for the genus is Eriocheir (Neoeriocheir) leptognathus Rathbun, 1913; gender feminine.
Neoeriocheir leptognathus (Rathbun, 1913) = Utica sinensis Parisi, 1918 - Platyeriocheir N. K. Ng, Guo & Ng, 1999
The type species for the genus is Eriocheir (Platyeriocheir) formosa (Chan, Hung & Yu, 1995); gender feminine.