Eriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai in Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoto & Watanabe, 2006
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai in Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoto & Watanabe, 2006
- Name authority
- Komai in Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoto & Watanabe, 2006
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Varunidae
- Genus
- Eriocheir
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderDecapoda
- suborderPleocyemata
- infraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802
- section zoologyEubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
- subsection zoologyThoracotremata Guinot, 1977
- superfamilyGrapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
- familyVarunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853
- subfamilyVaruninae H. Milne Edwards, 1853
- genusEriocheir De Haan, 1835
- speciesEriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai in Komai, Yamasaki, Kobayashi, Yamamoto & Watanabe, 2006
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eriocheir. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991 | VarunidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Komai, T., Yamasaki, I., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, T., & Watanabe, S. (2006). Eriocheir ogasawaraensis Komai, a new species of mitten crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with notes on the systematics of Eriocheir De Haan, 1835. Zootaxa, 1168: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1168.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3B3LV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.