| Macrophthalmus japonicus | |
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| Three individuals in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Macrophthalmus |
| Subgenus: | Mareotis |
| Species: | M. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrophthalmus japonicus (De Haan, 1835) | |
Macrophthalmus japonicus, the Japanese mud crab, is a species of sentinel crab in the family Macrophthalmidae native to Asia. [1] The taxon was described by Wilhem de Haan in 1835. [2]
