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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
A small crab that lives on the seafloor south of Tokyo Bay.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Myra fugax
- Scientific name
- Myra fugax
- Japanese name
- テナガコブシガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Leucosiidae
- Genus
- Myra
Basic data
- Size
- Shell size: 2–3 cm
- Range
- South of Tokyo Bay
Where the Myra fugax 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
- 日本語
- テナガコブシガニ
- 简体中文
- 遁行长臂蟹
- 繁體中文
- 遁行長臂蟹
- 한국어
- 긴손밤게
- Français
- Myra fugace
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 — テナガコブシガニChecked: 2026-11-04
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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