| Japanese mud crab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Macrophthalmus |
| Subgenus: | Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) |
| Species: | M. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrophthalmus japonicus (De Haan, 1835)
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Macrophthalmus japonicus, the Japanese mud crab, is a species of sentinel crab in the family Macrophthalmidae found in Asia.[1] The taxon was described by Wilhem de Haan in 1835.[2]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrophthalmus japonicus (De Haan, 1835)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ WADA, Kaji. "Two forms of macrophthalmus japonicus de haan". Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 1 (9): 2.