Propagurus miyakei
Amazing fact
Propagurus miyakei has a distinctly longer right claw than left claw.
臺灣生命大百科（國立臺灣海洋大學海洋生物研究所甲殼類實驗室提供）
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Propagurus miyakei has a distinctly longer right claw than left claw.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Propagurus miyakei
- Scientific name
- Propagurus miyakei
- Japanese name
- アワツブホンヤドカリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Propagurus
It lives from the Boso Peninsula to Tosa Bay and the Koshiki Islands in Japan, and around Taiwan.
Basic data
- Range
- Taiwan, Boso Peninsula to Tosa Bay, and Koshikijima Islands
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アワツブホンヤドカリ
- 简体中文
- 三宅原寄居蟹
- 繁體中文
- 三宅前寄居蟹
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アワツブホンヤドカリChecked: 2026-11-04
- 臺灣生命大百科（國立臺灣海洋大學海洋生物研究所甲殼類實驗室提供） — Propagurus miyakei (Baba, 1986)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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