Macrocheira

Macrocheira
Macrocheira kaempferi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra.

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