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WoRMS taxon details
Macrocheira kaempferi
(Temminck, 1836)
AphiaID: 346131
Classification:
Biota >
Animalia
(Kingdom) >
Arthropoda
(Phylum) >
Crustacea
(Subphylum) >
Malacostraca
(Class) >
Eumalacostraca
(Subclass) >
Eucarida
(Superorder) >
Decapoda
(Order) >
Pleocyemata
(Suborder) >
Brachyura
(Infraorder) >
Eubrachyura
(Section) >
Heterotremata
(Subsection) >
Majoidea
(Superfamily) >
Inachidae
(Family) >
Macrocheira
(Genus)
Status
accepted
Record
status
Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank
Species
Parent
Macrocheira
De Haan, 1839
Synonymised
taxa
Macrocheira ginzanensis
Imaizumi, 1965
Maja kaempferi
Temminck, 1836
Paratymolus yabei
Imaizumi, 1957
Source
Not documented
Vernacular
Names
Language
Name
English
giant spider crab
[
details
]
English
Japanese spider crab
[
details
]
Environment
marine
Links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To Wikipedia
Image
Macrocheira kaempferi
added on 2008-11-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus
: not checked
LSID
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346131
Taxonomic
Edit history
Date
action
by
2008-07-04 15:23:51Z
created
Vanhoorne, Bart
2010-02-25 14:41:38Z
changed
Davie, Peter
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
changed
Davie, Peter
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Citation
: Davie, P. (2013).
Macrocheira kaempferi
(Temminck, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346131 on 2013-05-25
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