Paramaya spinigera
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The Keashi crab has walking legs covered in long, soft hairs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Paramaya spinigera
- Scientific name
- Paramaya spinigera
- Japanese name
- ケアシガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Majidae
- Genus
- Paramaya
It lives from Tokyo Bay to Tosa Bay, off Hagi in Yamaguchi, Nagasaki and the Amakusa Sea, and along the coasts of Taiwan and India.
Basic data
- Range
- Hagi, Nagasaki, Tokyo Bay to Tosa Bay, Amakusa Sea, Taiwan, and Indian coast
Where the Paramaya spinigera 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 — ケアシガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 털다리게Checked: 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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