Japanese giant crab

Japanese: Japanese giant crab(英語表記)Japanesegiantcrab
Japanese giant crab

...They live on the seabed at depths of 200 to 300 meters, but in early spring, females come to shallow waters of about 20 meters to spawn. They are endemic to the Pacific coast from the coast of Iwate Prefecture to Kyushu, and are famous overseas as the Japanese giant crab. Spider crabs are caught in Suruga Bay, where they are abundant, but they don't taste very good.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Japanese giant crab" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水深200~300mの海底にすむが,初春には雌は産卵のために20mほどの浅海にやってくる。岩手県沿岸から九州までの太平洋側に特産のカニで,Japanese giant crabとして海外でも有名である。多産する駿河湾ではタカアシガニを対象とした漁が行われているが,味はあまりよくない。…

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