Red star coral crab - Red star coral crab

Japanese: アカホシサンゴガニ - あかほしさんごがに
Red star coral crab - Red star coral crab

...The walking legs are strong, and the tips of the phalanges do not have claws like those found in other crabs. They are widely distributed in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and there are many closely related species, such as the honeycomb-like T. areolata (illustration), the red-spotted T. rufopunctata (T. rufopunctata), and the uniformly black-brown T. digitalis . All of these are found only between the branches of living dendritic corals.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "red spotted coral crab" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…歩脚はじょうぶで,指節の先端には他のカニ類に見られるようなつめはない。太平洋,インド洋に広く分布し,ハチの巣状の網目があるアミメサンゴガニT.areolata(イラスト),赤い斑紋で覆われるアカホシサンゴガニT.rufopunctata,一様に黒褐色のクロサンゴガニT.digitalisなど多くの近縁種がある。いずれも生きている樹枝状サンゴの枝の間にしか見られない。…

※「アカホシサンゴガニ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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