Eriocheir japonica ';
General information
 
Eriocheir japonica (De Haan, 1835)
 
 
Common nameJapanese mitten crabs
Synonyms
Eriocheir formosa Nakagawa, 1915
Eriocheir rectus Stimpson, 1858
Grapsus (Eriocheir) japonica De Haan, 1835
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
-
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura; Eubrachyura; Grapsoidea; Varunidae.
Geographical distribution
-
Occurrence -
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Shizuoka Prefecture (Hamanako Lake), Japan
Source of chromosomes
Testes tissues
Number of specimens with sex
Not reported
Diploid chromosome number
146
Karyotype formula
Not reported
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Not detected
Reference(s)
Lee TH, Naitoh N, Yamazaki F (2004). Chromosome studies on the mitten crabs Eriocheir japonica and E. sinensis. Fisheries Science, 70: 211-21.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image