Paromola japonica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Homolidae |
| Genus: | Paromola |
| Species: | P. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Paromola japonica Parisi, 1915
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Paromola japonica, the Japanese deepwater carrier crab,[1] is a species of crab in the family Homolidae.[2] It has been found in Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan and to Vietnam at depths of 150–250 m (490–820 ft).[3][4]
Description
[edit]Paromola japonica has a orange-red to white in colour, with a robust carapace, reaching a carapace length of 180 mm (7.1 in). It is covered by small, sharp spinules, which vary in size. Its chelipeds reaches exceeding slighty as the carapace. The fifth pair of legs (which is in the back of the carapace) are not produced and the dactylus curved.[5] It carries corals and sponges, for camouflage.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McLaughlin et al. 2005, p. 247.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (18 March 2022). "Paromola japonica Parisi, 1915". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Paromola japonica, Japanese deepwater carrier crab : Fisheries".
- ^ a b "Japanese deepwater carrier crab".
- ^ https://crabs-japan.linnaeus.naturalis.nl/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/taxon.php?id=33349&epi=32
Works cited
[edit]- McLaughlin, Patsy; et al. (2005). Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans (PDF). American Fisheries Society Special Publication. Vol. 31. American Fisheries Society. p. 247. ISBN 1-888569-64-6. ISSN 0097-0638. LCCN 2005924550 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.