{{Short description|Genus of crabs}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Eriocheir'' | image = EriocheirSinensis1.jpg | image_caption = ''Eriocheir sinensis'' | taxon = Eriocheir | authority = De Haan, 1835 | subdivision_ranks = Species&nbsp;<ref name=WoRMS/><ref name="Ng"/> | subdivision = *''Eriocheir hepuensis'' <small>Dai, 1991</small> *''Eriocheir japonica'' <small>(De Haan, 1835)</small> *''Eriocheir sinensis'' <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1853</small> *''Eriocheir ogasawaraensis'' <small>Komai ''in'' Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoya & Watanabe, 2006</small> }}

'''''Eriocheir''''' is a genus of crabs, including the Chinese mitten crab, ''E. sinensis''.<ref name=WoRMS/><ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |first1=Peter K. L. |last1=Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |name-list-style=amp |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/s17rbz.pdf |access-date=2023-08-28 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Formerly in the family Grapsidae, it is now placed in the Varunidae. [[File:E japonica sinensis.jpg|left|thumb|Comparison between Japanese (left) and Chinese (right) mitten crabs]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Eriocheir'' De Haan, 1835 |year=2023 |id=106961 |author=DecaNet |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> }}

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Category:Grapsoidea Category:Decapod genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhem de Haan

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