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Red Claw Mangrove Crab

Perisesarma bidens

Photo by SargonR
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Description:

Red Claw Mangrove Crab spotted on Miyajima (Itsukushima) Island, Japan. This crab crawled out from a drainage pipe as I was hiking by.

Reference Links:

Perisesarma bidens - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Red claw mangrove crab

Perisesarma bidens

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (4)
SargonR
It was pure happenstance that I got to see this little guy, we were pretty far up the mountain, and it just happened to come out of a drainage pipe(?) alongside the path.
Mark Ridgway
Wow I just found out Japan is within their natural range. I withdraw my 'pet' comment. Nice find.
Mark Ridgway
Maybe someone has lost their pet mangrove crab ... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-mangrove-crab-Perisesarma-bidens_fig1_297358346
Neil Ross
Possibly Hemigrapsus sanguineus - Japanese shore crab?

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Biodiversity of Central Japan
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Wildlife of Japan From Tokyo to Nagasaki

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PublishedSeptember 15, 2019

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