Propagurus obtusifrons
Amazing fact
Amphipods cling to the hairs on the Yokoya hermit crab with their legs.
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Amphipods cling to the hairs on the Yokoya hermit crab with their legs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Propagurus obtusifrons
- Scientific name
- Propagurus obtusifrons
- Japanese name
- ヨコヤホンヤドカリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Propagurus
Its body is pale brown, while the stalks holding up its eyes are purple and stand out.
Basic data
- Range
- Suruga Bay, Kumano Sea, and elsewhere
Where the Propagurus obtusifrons 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
- ヨコヤホンヤドカリ
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 — ヨコヤホンヤドカリChecked: 2026-11-04
- The Australian Museum — Two new amphipods associated with a hermit crab from the Kumano-nada, central Japan (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Isaeidae, Stenothoidae)Checked: 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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