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Eriocheir sinensis<br />

Taxon: Decapod<br />

Kingdom: Animalia<br />

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda<br />

Subphylum: Crustacea Superclass: Class: Malacostraca<br />

Subclass: Eumalacostraca Infraclass: Superorder: Eucarida<br />

Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura<br />

Superfamily: Grapsoidea Family: Varunidae Subfamily: Varuninae<br />

Also Known As (Name - Type): Common Names:<br />

Ecoregion-level distribution<br />

Master Classifications<br />

NWP<br />

Date 1st record: 1999 (introduced)<br />

Loc 1st record: Japan (introduced)<br />

Established: Unknown<br />

Taxonomic Author: Milne Edwards, 1853<br />

Eriocheir sinensis f. acutifrons Synonym<br />

Eriocheir sinensis f. rostratus Synonym<br />

Eriocheir sinensis f. rotundifrons Synonym<br />

Eriocheir sinensis f. trilobata Synonym<br />

Type Locality:<br />

Hawaii<br />

Chinese mitten crab<br />

mitten crab<br />

Species ID: 1107<br />

Print Date: 9/9/2012 10:02:22 PM<br />

NEP<br />

1994<br />

San Fransico Estuary, CA<br />

Yes<br />

VECTORS<br />

SH X MS AF X<br />

ID RE AP REC SF HR O<br />

BW SB HF S/R AE AA IR<br />

A P X<br />

X<br />

AO PO X<br />

Comments: Eriocheir sinensis is native to northern and eastern China, as well as western Korea. According to Iwasaki<br />

(2006), the Chinese mitten crab was introduced into Japan around 1999, while Takeda and Koizumi (2005) reported it<br />

from Tokyo Bay in 2004. It is not known if it became established in Japan.<br />

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