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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Varunidae |
| Genus: | Chasmagnathus De Haan, 18331 |
| Species: | C. convexus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chasmagnathus convexus (De Haan, 1835)1
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Chasmagnathus convexus is a common mud-flat crab of the family Varunidae, which is endemic to East Asia.23 In Japan, this crab is commonly called hamagani. This crab has two forms that differ in color; one is olive green and the other is purple.2 Differences in diet are believed to be responsible for the color variation between the two forms. C. convexus is large, relative to related crabs, and can reach 4.5 to 5 centimetres (1.8 to 2.0 in) wide across its carapace.4 It is predominantly nocturnal.2
References
References
- Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot; Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- Hsi-Te Shih; Hiroshi Suzuki (2008). "Taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the endemic mudflat crab Helice/Chasmagnathus complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from East Asia" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 47 (1): 114–125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- Katsushi Sakai (ed.). "Chasmagnathus convexus". Crabs of Japan. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
- Miyasaka, Hitoshi; Genkai-Kato, Motomi; Goda, Yukiko; Omori, Koji (2007). "Length-weight relationships of two varunid crab species, Helice tridens and Chasmagnathus convexus, in Japan". Limnology. 8 (1): 81–83. Bibcode:2007Limno...8...81M. doi:10.1007/s10201-006-0195-8. S2CID 23289023.