Crab

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Ghost Crab
Ocypode sp.
(Xanthidae)
Fiddler Crab
Uca tetragonon
(Xanthidae)
Queen Crab
Chionoecetes opilio
(Majidae)
Harlequin Crab
Lissocarcinus orbicularis
(Portunidae)
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Marbled Rock Crab
Pchigrapsus marmoratus
(Grapsidae)
Red-eyed Rock Crab
Eriphia sebana
(Grapsidae)
Splendid Round Crab
Etisus splendidus
(Grapsidae)
Painted Crab
Carpilius maculatus
(Grapsidae)


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Edible Crab
Cancer pagurus
(Cancridae)
(Brachyura)
Crab
???
(family:???)
(Brachyura)
Maltese Freshwater Crab
Potamon fluviatile
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)
Freshwater Crab
Potamon tauricum
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)

Xanthid Crab
Atergatis floridus
(Grapsidae)
(Brachyura)
Red Egg Crab
Atergatis integerrimus
(Grapsidae)
(Brachyura)
Blue Swimmer Crab
Temognatha murrayi
(Portunidae)
(Brachyura)
Tiger Spot Calappa
Calappa lophos
(Calappidae)
(Brachyura)
Fiddler Crab
Uca tetragonon
(Xanthidae)
(Brachyura)
Fiddler Crab
Uca vormeris
(Xanthidae)
(Brachyura)
Fiddler Crab
Uca lactea
(Xanthidae)
(Brachyura)
Fiddler Crab
Uca deltuca arcuata
(Xanthidae)
(Brachyura)
Red Frog Crab
Ranina ranina
(Raninidae)
(Brachyura)
Sponge Crab
Stimdromia lateralis
(Grapsidae)
(Brachyura)
Red Claws Crab
Chiromantes haematocheir
(Grapsidae)
(Brachyura)
Japanese Marsh Crab
Geothelphusa dehaani
(Potamidae)
(Brachyura)
Soldier Crab
Miclyria longicarpus
(Mictyridae)
(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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