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''Heikeopsis'' is a genus of crabs containing two species, '' Heikeopsis japonica'' and '' Heikeopsis arachnoides''. The genus was originally described under the name "''Heikea''" by Lipke Holthuis and Raymond B. Manning in 1990, but was later determined to be a junior homonym of the
gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
genus '' Heikea'', erected by Orvar Isberg in 1934.


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