Ceratocarcinus trilobatus
Amazing fact
The Mitsuha-komachi crab’s front walking legs are thinner and longer than the walking legs farther back.
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The Mitsuha-komachi crab’s front walking legs are thinner and longer than the walking legs farther back.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ceratocarcinus trilobatus
- Scientific name
- Ceratocarcinus trilobatus
- Japanese name
- ミツハコマチガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Pilumnidae
- Genus
- Ceratocarcinus
Basic data
- Range
- South of central Honshu
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 — ミツハコマチガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Ceratocarcinus trilobatusChecked: 2026-11-07
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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.
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