- Japanese Common Name
- Murasaki Okagani
- Scientific name
- Gecarcoidea lalandii
- Taxonomy
- Order: Decapoda, Family: Gecarcinidae
- Size
- Up to 6 cm (width of its carapace)
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, Amamioshima, Hateruma, Hatoma, Ishigaki, Kurima, Miyako, Minna, Tarama, and Yonaguni Islands and Fude Iwa of Miyako
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species Species:Near Threatened
- Its Japanese common name came from the beautiful purple carapace. The species can be found in areas such as lime stone reefs and forests around coastal areas.
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- Updated January 2019
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