- Japanese Common Name
- Kinobori Ebi
- Scientific name
- Merguia oligodon
- Taxonomy
- Order: Decapoda, Family: Merguiidae
- Size
- Up to 0.6 cm
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, Irabu, Iriomote, Ishigaki, Miyako and Okinawa Islands
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species:Near Threatened
- Other shrimps cannot live on the land, but this species a unique species that can get on land and stay active.
At night, this species gets on the land and actively moves around. The gender changes through its lifecycle; small size one is a male and becomes a female as it grows. All individuals that are smaller than 4.4 mm are males.
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- Updated January 2019
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