Pomatocheles jeffreysii
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The Tsunogai hermit crab has asymmetrical claws shaped like lids.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pomatocheles jeffreysii
- Scientific name
- Pomatocheles jeffreysii
- Japanese name
- ツノガイヤドカリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Pylochelidae
- Genus
- Pomatocheles
Basic data
- Range
- Sagami Bay to Kyushu
Where the Pomatocheles jeffreysii 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 — ツノガイヤドカリChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립생물자원관 — 뿔조개집게 Pomatocheles jeffreysiiChecked: 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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