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Eriocheir japonica

Eriocheir japonica

Japanese mitten crab·(De Haan, 1835)

GBIF:117912552

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ABOUT

Descriptions(1)

In 1997, a single male mitten crab was collected from the Columbia River, near Astoria, Oregon and later confirmed (Jensen and Armstrong, 2004). Since then, other sightings have been reported, but no additional specimens have been collected.

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

Japanese mitten crab

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

Japanese mitten crab

CLASSIFICATION

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Source Information

Marine Invaders of the NE Pacific

checklist

Miller S, Rycroft S. Marine Invaders of the NE Pacific. Scratchpads. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cj3pj6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-19.

GBIF Usage Key
117912552
Dataset Key
46261ec5-38e8-44c9-b8e9-edaddf99fa29
Origin
source
Backbone Key
5863367
Taxon ID
72d76986-00a6-4d4e-9af4-81c96b708c16
Last Crawled
2/7/2026
Last Interpreted
2/7/2026