Pagurus conformis
Amazing fact
Pagurus conformis has broad white bands on its walking legs.
臺灣生命大百科／國立臺灣海洋大學海洋生物研究所甲殼類實驗室
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Its claws are covered with soft hairs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pagurus conformis
- Scientific name
- Pagurus conformis
- Japanese name
- メダマホンヤドカリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Pagurus
Basic data
- Range
- Kumano Sea and Tosa Bay
Where the Pagurus conformis 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 — メダマホンヤドカリChecked: 2026-11-04
- 臺灣生命大百科／國立臺灣海洋大學海洋生物研究所甲殼類實驗室 — Pagurus conformis De Haan, 1849Checked: 2026-11-09
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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