Japanese fluffy crab [1] , or fluffy freshwater crab [2] ( lat. Eriocheir japonica ) is a species of crab found from the Amur estuary and rivers of the northeastern part of Sakhalin to Syangan ( Hong Kong ) and Taiwan .
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It feeds on various small mollusks , as well as dead fish. During fodder migrations, it can climb up rivers up to 50 km.
The width of the shell is up to 6 cm. Depending on the environment, it lives from 1 year to 4 years.
Pairing
See also
- Quadrangular Hairy Crab
- Pentagonal hairy crab
Notes
- ↑ Slizkin A.G., Fadeeva N.P., Katugin O.N. Order of the Decapods (Decapoda) // Plants and animals of the Sea of Japan: a short atlas-determinant Archival copy of December 20, 2016 on the Wayback Machine . - Vladivostok: Publishing House of the Far Eastern University, 2007. - S. 228. - 488 p. - ISBN 978-5-7444-4196-6 -0
- ↑ Vinogradov L.G. Key to shrimp, crayfish and crabs of the Far East // Bulletin of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, 1950, Volume 33. - P. 345.
Links
- http://www.sakhalin.ru:8001/boomerang/sea/tbesprak6.htm (unavailable link)