Heikeopsis arachnoides

Heikeopsis arachnoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Dorippidae
Genus: Heikeopsis
Species:
H. arachnoides
Binomial name
Heikeopsis arachnoides
(Manning et Holthuis, 1986)

Heikeopsis arachnoides is a species of the genus Heikeopsis first described by Manning and Holthuis in 1986. These crabs are native to Japan. They typically live in the sand 15-130m below the surface of water. Heikeopsis arachnoides also lives in Taiwan.

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