Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Eriocheir japonica   (De Haan, 1835)

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Varunidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; catadromous (Ref. 125642); freshwater; brackish.  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.9 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 125642)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Kobayashi, S. 2001 Fecundity of the Japanese mitten crab Eriocheir japonica (de Haan). Benthos Research 56(1):1-7. (Ref. 107181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)

Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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