Lithodidae Dromiidae Atelecyclidae Cancridae Pirimelidae Cheiragonidae Dorippidae Eriphiidae Epialtidae Inachidae Oregoniidae Pilumnidae Geryonidae Portunidae Potamidae Panopeidae Xanthidae Grapsidae Images Name list Publications Sites alex@equator.ru Whole checklist По-русски (in Russian) Porcellanidae Varunidae Camptandriidae Macrophthalmidae Pinnotheridae Hapalogastridae Plagusiidae Far East / North Pacific Black Sea Baltic Sea Freshwater crabs Arctic Ocean Designed and composed by Alex Alyakrinsky, 2011 Oregoniidae Chionoecetes japonicus Rathbun, 1932 = Chionoecetes angulatus bathyalis Derjugin & Kobjakova, 1935 Far East / North Pacific Range. Peter the Great Gulf (Sea of Japan) and nortern part of Sea of Japan at depths of  900–2300 m. [Vinogradov, 1950, p. 237]. “In the Sea of Japan, localities are, off Sado  Island, off Toyama Bay, Noto Peninsula, Mikuni, Tsuruga, off Tottori and Matsue. On the  Pacific side, off Sendai, Onahama and off Inubo-zaki”, depth 700-2300 m [Sakai, 1976,  p.187]. Yamagata Prefecture (Suzuki S., 1979), off Tottori and Kamaishi (Miyake, 1983),  Kushiro, Hiroo and Rebun, Hokkaido (Komai et al., 1992), Soya Strait (Takeda & Miyauchi,  1992); 480-2300 m. [species-identification.org].  Inhabits the bottoms of soft grey mud or sand. [Sakai, 1976, p.187].   Size of carapace. 136 x 136,5 mm (length x width), male from Yonago. [Sakai, 1976, p.186].  Chionoecetes japonicus in species-identification.org