Dorippe sinica
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The Kimen crab has deep grooves in its shell.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dorippe sinica
- Scientific name
- Dorippe sinica
- Japanese name
- キメンガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Dorippidae
- Genus
- Dorippe
Where the name “Dorippe sinica” comes from
The Kimen crab is named for the bumps on its shell that resemble an ogre’s face.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館A crab that lives on sandy, muddy sea bottoms from the Oga and Boso Peninsulas southward.
Its rear legs are small and turned toward its back, so that it can carry a shell on its back.
How the Dorippe sinica lives
It sometimes buries itself in the sand on the seabed.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館Basic data
- Range
- Oga Peninsula and south of Boso
Where the Dorippe sinica 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 — キメンガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — キメンガニChecked: 2026-11-07
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Dorippe sinicaChecked: 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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