Harrovia albolineata
Amazing fact
The Shirosuji-komachi crab’s stout claw-bearing legs are longer than its shell.
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The Shirosuji-komachi crab’s stout claw-bearing legs are longer than its shell.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Harrovia albolineata
- Scientific name
- Harrovia albolineata
- Japanese name
- シロスジコマチガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Pilumnidae
- Genus
- Harrovia
A small crab that lives from Sagami Bay southward and in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay and southward, and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans
Where the Harrovia albolineata 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 — シロスジコマチガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Harrovia albolineataChecked: 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.
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