Homolomannia sibogae
Amazing fact
The claw-bearing legs of Homolomannia sibogae are very small compared with its walking legs.
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The claw-bearing legs of Homolomannia sibogae are very small compared with its walking legs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Homolomannia sibogae
- Scientific name
- Homolomannia sibogae
- Japanese name
- ヒラホモラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Homolidae
- Genus
- Homolomannia
A homolid crab that lives in places such as Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay and the Kumano Sea, and in the western and central Pacific.
The tips of those legs are hook-shaped, so it can carry things such as shells on its back.
Basic data
- Range
- The western and central Pacific Ocean, Sagami Bay, Tosa Bay, Mikawa Bay, Kumano-nada, and Suruga Bay
Where the Homolomannia sibogae has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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
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 — ヒラホモラChecked: 2026-11-04
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Homolomannia sibogaeChecked: 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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