Crab

Romania 1966Japan(Fukui Pref.) 1999West Samoa 1972
Marbled Rock Crab
Pchigrapsus marmoratus
(Grapsidae)
Queen Crab
Chionoecetes opilio
(Majidae)
Painted Crab
Carpilius maculatus
(Grapsidae)
Ryukyu Is. 1968Ryukyu Is. 1969Ryukyu Is. 1969Ryukyu Is. 1969Ryukyu Is. 1969
Soldier Crab
Miclyria longicarpus
(Mictyridae)
Golden Tred Crab
Baptozius vinosus
(Oziidae)
Brown Land Crab
Cardisoma carmifex
(Gecarcinidae)
Ryukyu Fiddler Crab
Uca dubia
(Ocypodidae)
Horned Ghost Crab
Ocipode ceratophthalmus
(Ocypodidae)


British Guernsey 1998 COPPERAncient Greek 420BC BRONZEMalta 1991 COPPER-NICKEL
Edible Crab
Cancer pagurus
(Cancridae)
(Brachyura)
Crab
???
(family:???)
(Brachyura)
Maltese Freshwater Crab
Potamon fluviatile
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)

Tiger Spot Calappa
Calappa lophos
(Calappidae)
(Brachyura)
Soldier Crab
Miclyria longicarpus
(Mictyridae)
(Brachyura)
Red Claws Crab
Chiromantes haematocheir
(Grapsidae)
(Brachyura)
Japanese Marsh Crab
Geothelphusa dehaani
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)
Japanese Marsh Crab
Geothelphusa dehaani
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)


The crab and the shrimp are summarized as the Decapoda. When distinction of a crab and a shrimp is called something, it is a crab that the abdomen is folded up at the belly side, and it is a shrimp that the abdomen (the so-called portion of a tail) is well developed.
If a scissors leg is extended, the male of a spider crab will exceed 3m and will reach the weight of 20kg. Although a female's leg is short small compared with a male, it still becomes about 30cm of shell length. By endemic species of Japan, it is proud of the size in Arthropods of all the maximum. It inhabites with a depth of water [ 50-200m ] seabed, and carries out seasonal movement. Ashore, he cannot support prudence on thin foot and cannot walk.

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