- English Common Name
- Rugose Land Crab
- Scientific name
- Discoplax rotunda
- Taxonomy
- Order: Decapoda, Family: Gecarcinidae
- Size
- About 6 cm (width of carapace)
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, Amamioshima, Chichi, Geruma, Haha, Hateruma, Irabu, Ishigaki, Kitadaito, Kuroshima, Minna, Miyako, Okinoerabu, Taketomi, Tarama, Tonaki and Yonaguni Islands
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species:Near Threatened
- It mainly inhabits limestone reefs along coasts. The common name was named after its bordering in front part of the carapace.
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- Updated January 2019
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