Cycloes granulosa
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The Karappamodoki crab has large claws densely covered in tiny bumps.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Cycloes granulosa
- Scientific name
- Cycloes granulosa
- Japanese name
- カラッパモドキ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Calappidae
- Genus
- Cycloes
A relative of the box crabs that lives from south of Sagami Bay to Hawaii and across the Indo-West Pacific.
It usually stays buried in the sand, but it is more active and quicker than other box crabs.
Basic data
- Range
- South of Sagami Bay, Hawaii, and the Indian and western Pacific oceans
Where the Cycloes granulosa 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
- 日本語
- カラッパモドキ
- 简体中文
- 颗粒圆蟹
- 繁體中文
- 顆粒圓蟹
- 한국어
- 제주만두게
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranguejo-cofre-granuloso
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 — カラッパモドキChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 제주만두게 Cycloes granulosa De Haan, 1837Checked: 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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