Japanese Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus penicillatus

• Group: Crab

A small shore crab that shelters under boulders on mudflats, estuaries and sheltered beaches, often among mangrove roots. A vigorous traveller, it has spread far beyond its native Japan in ships' ballast and on hulls.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Varunidae › Hemigrapsus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107454.