Horsehair crab

Horsehair crab

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.

References

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ケガニ. The Ladybird's World (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 26, 2008.

Edible crustaceans

Shrimp/prawns	Acetes Crangon crangon Cryphiops caementarius Dried shrimp Indian prawn Litopenaeus setiferus Macrobrachium rosenbergii Palaemon serratus Pandalus borealis Penaeus esculentus Penaeus monodon Shrimp paste Whiteleg shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri

Lobsters (incl. slipper & spiny)	American lobster Arctides guineensis California spiny lobster Homarus gammarus Ibacus peronii Japanese spiny lobster Jasus Jasus edwardsii Jasus lalandii Metanephrops challengeri Thenus orientalis Nephrops norvegicus Palinurus elephas Panulirus argus Panulirus cygnus Panulirus echinatus Panulirus guttatus Panulirus homarus Panulirus longipes Panulirus ornatus Panulirus pascuensis Panulirus penicillatus Panulirus versicolor Parribacus japonicus Sagmariasus Scyllarides herklotsii Scyllarides latus Scyllarus arctus Thymops birsteini Tristan rock lobster

Crabs	Callinectes sapidus Callinectes similis Cancer irroratus Cancer bellianus Cancer pagurus Chaceon fenneri Chinese mitten crab Chionoecetes Declawing of crabs Dungeness crab Florida stone crab Gecarcinus ruricola Horsehair crab Hypothalassia acerba Jonah crab Maja squinado Menippe adina Orithyia sinica Ovalipes australiensis Pie crust crab Portunus pelagicus Portunus trituberculatus Ranina ranina Scylla paramamosain Scylla serrata

Crayfish	Acocil Astacus astacus Marron Paranephrops Procambarus clarkii Orconectes virilis

Others	Austromegabalanus psittacus Coconut crab Galathea strigosa Glyptolithodes Goose barnacle King crab Krill Langostino Lysiosquillina maculata Mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Paralithodes camtschaticus Red king crab Squat lobster Squilla mantis Tasmanian giant crab Thalassina

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