Matsuba crab (Hypothalassia armata)

Japanese: マツバガニ(松葉蟹) - マツバガニ(英語表記)Hypothalassia armata
Matsuba crab (Hypothalassia armata)
A decapod crustacean of the family Parasitidae (illustration). A large crab with a carapace width of up to 15 cm. The carapace is square and reddish brown. There are many sharp black spines near the front edge of the carapace, on the claws and ambulatory legs. It lives on rocks at depths of 10 to 50 meters and is caught in gill nets used for spiny lobsters. It is sometimes eaten, but there are not many of them. It has been recorded from the coast of the Boso Peninsula to Okinawa and southern Australia. It spawns in the summer. Its diet is unknown. The snow crab of the family Parasitidae is also called Matsuba crab in Shimane and Tottori prefectures, but it is a completely different species.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
十脚目イソオウギガニ科の甲殻類(イラスト)。甲幅15cmに達する大型のカニ。甲は四角形で,赤褐色。甲の前側縁付近,はさみ脚および歩脚に黒色の鋭いとげが多数ある。水深10~50mの岩場にすみ,イセエビ用の刺網にかかる。食用とされることもあるが,個体数は多くない。房総半島沿岸から沖縄までとオーストラリア南部から記録されている。夏に産卵する。食性はわからない。なお,クモガニ科のズワイガニも島根県や鳥取県ではマツバガニと呼ばれるがまったくの別種である。

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