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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
A small crab that lives from the Boso Peninsula to Tosa Bay.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Tunepugettia sagamiensis
- Scientific name
- Tunepugettia sagamiensis
- Japanese name
- サガミモガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Genus
- Tunepugettia
Where the name “Tunepugettia sagamiensis” comes from
The Japanese name of Tunepugettia sagamiensis comes from Sagami Bay.
新江ノ島水族館How the Tunepugettia sagamiensis lives
It is a crab that does not move around much.
鳥羽水族館Where the Tunepugettia sagamiensis 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
- 日本語
- サガミモガニ
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 — サガミモガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — 乗っかるウロコイトヒキヤドカリChecked: 2026-11-09
- 新江ノ島水族館 — 海底のクリスマスツリーChecked: 2026-11-09
- 新江ノ島水族館 — コガネムシChecked: 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.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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