Box shrimp (Linuparus trigonus)

Japanese: ハコエビ(箱海老) - ハコエビ（英語表記）Linuparus trigonus

A decapod crustacean of the family Spinyridae (illustration). It is an edible shrimp that is distributed from the Boso Peninsula to the South China Sea, and has also been recorded from Hawaii. It is a large species that can reach a body length of 35 cm, but it is not very important in the fishing industry because its meat is hard and there are not many individuals. It is caught on the muddy bottom at depths of 30 to 100 meters in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea, so it is often called mud shrimp in landing ports such as Nagasaki and Shimonoseki. It seems to feed on bivalves and lugworms. Its carapace is extremely hard. It was named this because the shape of its carapace looks like a box.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

十脚目イセエビ科の甲殻類（イラスト）。食用エビで，房総半島から南シナ海まで分布し，ハワイからも記録がある。体長35cmに達する大型種であるが，肉質が硬いことと個体数が多くないことから水産業上はあまり重要種ではない。東シナ海や黄海の水深30～100mの泥底で漁獲されるため，長崎や下関などの水揚地ではドロエビと呼ぶことが多い。二枚貝やゴカイを食べているらしい。甲は著しく硬い。甲の形が箱のように見えるのでこの名がある。

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