Macrocheira
Genus of crab
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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]
| Macrocheira | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
