Medaeops granulosus
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Medaeops granulosus
- Scientific name
- Medaeops granulosus
- Japanese name
- スエヒロガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Genus
- Medaeops
It lives in seas from Tokyo Bay to Amami-Oshima, and in China, Hawaii, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Basic data
- Range
- From Tokyo Bay to Amami Oshima, Korea, China, Hawaii, the South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and east coast of Africa
Where the Medaeops granulosus 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 — スエヒロガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Medaeops granulosusChecked: 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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