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 Varunidae Eriocheir japonica (De Haan, 1835) Far East / North Pacific Range. From Amur estuary to Hong Kong and from small rivers of NE Sakhalin to Formosa  (= Taiwan). [Vinogradov, 1950, p. 242]. “Entire Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinava and also  ranges to Vladivostok, north and east coasts of Korea, Formosa and Hong Kong.” [Sakai,  1976, p. 647]. “Very commonly inhabits the rivers and streams but very often seen on the rocky or estuarine  coasts.” [Sakai, 1976, p. 647]. Breeds and spends the winter near river estuaries, during  feeding migratins goes upstream. [Vinogradov, 1950, p. 242; Zhirmunskiy, 1976, p. 56].   Size of carapace. 61 x 56 mm (width x  length), male. [Sakai, 1976, p. 647]. Length up to 60  mm. [Zhirmunskiy, 1976, p. 56].  Eriocheir japonica in species-identification.org