Ananajako - Ananajako

Japanese: アナジャコ - あなじゃこ
Ananajako - Ananajako

A shrimp-like marine animal belonging to the family Thalassinidae, order Decapoda, class Crustacea. Taxonomically, it is classified as a hermit crab in the broad sense. It is commonly found in inland bays from Hokkaido to Kyushu, and is also distributed in the Korean Peninsula and northern China. It is about 10 cm long, with a pointed cephalothorax and bulging gill areas on both sides. Its abdomen is wide, and at first glance it resembles a mantis shrimp. The first thoracic leg forms an extremely incomplete pair of claws. It lives in a hole about 2.5 cm in diameter and 30 cm deep in slightly hard sand and mud from the intertidal zone to a depth of about 20 meters. The peak spawning season is from early May to mid-June. It is not eaten, but in Tokyo Bay, the Seto Inland Sea, the Ariake Sea, and other places where it is abundant, it is used as bait for fishing for red sea bream and black porgy.

[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)目アナジャコ科に属するエビ型の海産動物。分類学的には広い意味のヤドカリ類に含まれる。北海道から九州までの内湾にごく普通にみられ、朝鮮半島、中国北部にも分布する。体長10センチメートルほどで、頭胸甲は前方にとがり、左右の鰓域(さいいき)が膨れている。腹部は幅広く、一見シャコを思わせる。第1胸脚はきわめて不完全なはさみとなっている。潮間帯から水深20メートルぐらいまでのやや硬い砂泥地に、直径2.5センチメートル、深さ30センチメートルほどの穴を掘ってすむ。産卵の盛期は5月上旬から6月中旬。食用とすることはないが、多産する東京湾、瀬戸内海、有明海などでは、マダイやクロダイ釣りの餌(えさ)とする。

[武田正倫]

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