Red-streaked crab - Red-streaked crab

Japanese: カクベンケイガニ - かくべんけいがに
Red-streaked crab - Red-streaked crab

This crab belongs to the family Grapsidae, order Decapoda, class Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda. Among the closely related crabs, the so-called Sesquipedia, this crab is the most adapted to life on land, and can be found in upstream areas far from the sea. It is known from various places from Sagami Bay to Kyushu, as well as Taiwan, northern China, and Sulawesi (Celebes). Its carapace is up to 2 cm wide and has an almost square outline. There are no teeth behind the external orbital teeth, and the upper surface of the palm of the chelicerae has two rows of ridges with black setae. In addition, there are 18 or 19 granules lined up on the upper edge of the movable fingers. There is disagreement as to whether this combination of characteristics should be considered a subgenus or a genus in taxonomy.

[Masamichi Takeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

節足動物門甲殻綱十脚(じっきゃく)目イワガニ科に属するカニ。近縁のいわゆるベンケイガニ類中でもっとも陸上生活に適応しており、海から遠く離れた上流域でもみることができる。相模(さがみ)湾から九州までの各地のほか、台湾、中国北部、スラウェシ(セレベス)島から知られている。甲幅2センチメートルに達し、甲の輪郭はほぼ正四角形。眼窩(がんか)外歯の後方には歯がなく、はさみ脚(あし)の掌部(しょうぶ)上面に黒色の剛毛が並んだ稜(りょう)が2列ある。また、可動指の上縁に18か19個の顆粒(かりゅう)が並んでいる。これらの特徴の組合せを、分類学上、亜属と考えるか属とするかには異論がある。

[武田正倫]

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