Charybdis japonica

Charybdis japonica
Charybdis japonica
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]
  • Goniosoma japonica A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
  • Charybdis sowerbyi Rathbun, 1931
  • Charybdis peitchihiliensis Shen, 1932

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]

  • Miso soup of Charybdis japonica (イシガニの味噌汁)

  • Ventral view

References

  1. ^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b "Asian paddle crab Charybdis japonica". Biosecurity New Zealand. March 30, 2009. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/asian-paddle-crab. Retrieved June 12, 2010. 
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