Cymo melanodactylus
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The Kimo crab feeds on coral tissue.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Cymo melanodactylus
- Scientific name
- Cymo melanodactylus
- Japanese name
- キモガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Genus
- Cymo
It lives from south of the Kii Peninsula to the South Pacific, Australia, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: about 5–10 mm
- Range
- South of the Kii Peninsula, the South Pacific, Australia, the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea
Where the Cymo melanodactylus 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 — キモガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- James Cook University — Cymo melanodactylus crabs slow progression of white syndrome lesions on coralsChecked: 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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