Porcellanopagurus japonicus
Amazing fact
The kaigara-katsugi hermit crab has a larger right claw than left claw.
Korean Society of Systematic Zoology
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The kaigara-katsugi hermit crab has a larger right claw than left claw.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Porcellanopagurus japonicus
- Scientific name
- Porcellanopagurus japonicus
- Japanese name
- カイガラカツギ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Porcellanopagurus
Basic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay to East China Sea
Where the Porcellanopagurus japonicus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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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 — カイガラカツギChecked: 2026-11-04
- Korean Society of Systematic Zoology — First Korean Record of Porcellanopagurus japonicus (Decapoda: Paguroidea), a Hermit Crab Living in Bivalve ShellsChecked: 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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