Leptomithrax edwardsii
Amazing fact
Sea anemones on the Koshima crab’s shell and legs attach only to the upper and side surfaces.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館
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Sea anemones on the Koshima crab’s shell and legs attach only to the upper and side surfaces.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Leptomithrax edwardsii
- Scientific name
- Leptomithrax edwardsii
- Japanese name
- コシマガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Majidae
- Genus
- Leptomithrax
Basic data
- Range
- Yamagata Prefecture and south of Tokyo Bay
Where the Leptomithrax edwardsii 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 — コシマガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — コシマガニChecked: 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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