Horsehair crab

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Horsehair crab

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Atelecyclidae
Genus: Erimacrus
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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