Charybdis japonica
| Charybdis japonica | |
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| Female C. japonica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Charybdis |
| Species: | C. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Charybdis japonica A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Charybdis japonica, the Asian paddle crab, is a swimming crab species in the genus Charybdis. Charybdis japonica has a hexagonal, concave carapace around 12 centimetres (4.7 in) wide, the whole animal being pale green to olive green in colour.[2]
It occurs naturally in the waters around Japan, Korea and Malaysia, but has become an invasive species in New Zealand.[2]
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Miso soup of Charybdis japonica (イシガニの味噌汁)
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Ventral view
References
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
- 1 2 "Asian paddle crab Charybdis japonica". Biosecurity New Zealand. March 30, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
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