Horsehair crab
| Horsehair crab | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cheiragonidae |
| Genus: | Erimacrus Benedict, 1892 |
| Species: | E. isenbeckii |
| Binomial name | |
| Erimacrus isenbeckii (Brandt, 1848) | |
The horsehair crab, Erimacrus isenbeckii, (Japanese: ケガニ kegani), is a species of crab which is found in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean and is frequently used in Japanese cuisine.
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