- Japanese Common Name
- Chigo Gani
- Scientific name
- Ilyoplax pusilla
- Taxonomy
- Order: Decapoda, Family: Dotillidae
- Size
- About 1 cm (width of carapace)
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, from Miyagi prefecture to Amamioshima Island, Iriomote, and Okinawa Islands. Other species distribution areas include the South Korean Peninsula.
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Vulnerable
- Males move both claws vertically at the same time up and down. This behavior is called waving. It has been discovered that the populations found in Amamioshima and Okinawa Islands are genetically different from those in Kyushu and northward. Some of the key differences include the waving action and reproductive season.
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- Updated January 2019
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