Tiger Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) ニシキテッポウエビ also Tiger Pistol Shrimp (size 5cm) If you have g...

Clear Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella cyrtorhyncha) ソリハシコモンエビ (size 2cm)This simple Clear Cleaner Shrim...

Beaded Rock Crab (Ozius tuberculosus) ツブイソオウギガニ size 9cmThe Beaded Rock Crab is a small crab living ...

Gaimard’s Hermit Crab (Calcinus gaimardii) セグロサンゴヤドカリThis Gaimard’s hermit Crab is tryin...

Mauve Eyed Hermit Crab (Dardanus Crassimanus) イシダタミヤドカリI had a tough time finding the English name f...

Tosa Anemone Shrimp (Ancylomenes tosaensis) トサカクレエビ (size 2cm)A Tosa Anemone Shrimp on a Magnificent...

White-Spotted Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos) コモンヤドカリ (size 20cm)The White-Spotted Hermit Crab is a ...

Peacock-tail Anemone Shrimp (Ancylocaris brevicarpalis) イソギンチャクカクレエビ also Clown Anemone Shrimp (size...

Arrow Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella degravei) ミカヅキコモンエビ (size 2.5cm)I noticed this Arrow Cleaner Shri...

Sexy Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) イソギンチャクモエビ also Squat Anemone ShrimpSexy Shrimp live with anemones. T...

Milky Fiddler Crab (Austruca lactea) ハクセンシオマネキ Amami

Flat Rock Crab (Percnon planissimum) トゲアシガニThe Flat Rock Crab lives in the rocks. It is often in the...

Horn Eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) ツノメガニA Horn Eyed Ghost Crab on wet sand. The horns on ...

Ocypode cordimana ミナミスナガニ also Smooth-eyed Ghost Crab and Smooth-handed Ghost CrabThe Ocypode cordim...

Mottled Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus) ミナミイワガニThe Mottled Lightfoot Crab is seen along the ro...

Guinusia dentipes ショウジンガニ Guinusia dentipes just below the surface. They also go above the surface t...

Red Clawed Crab (Chiromantes haematocheir) アカテガニThe Red Clawed Crabs are not always red. They are la...

Land Hermit Crab AmamiSomeday I might try to identify these crabs to species. I will give them their...

Blueberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita Purpureus) ムラサキオカヤドカリThe Blueberry Hermit Crab is a large nocturnal...

Painted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus versicolor) ゴシキエビThe Painted Spiny Lobster looks like it was painte...

Green Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) シマイセエビ also many other namesThe Green Spiny Lobster has...

Japanese Spiny Lobster (Panulirus japonicus) イセエビThe Japanese Spiny Lobster has fairly slender legs ...

Longlegged Spiny Lobster (Panulirus longipes bispinosus) カノコイセエビThe Longlegged Spiny Lobster has lon...

Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) オトヒメエビ also Barber Pole ShrimpBanded Coral Shrimp are fairly...

Pacific Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) アカシマシラヒゲエビ also Scarlet, White-banded, and Skunk Cleane...

Mantis Shrimp in a tide pool. Amami

Haptosquilla glyptocercus ? シワトジオシャコ?It is supposed to have a red line between some of the latter se...

Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) モンハナシャコThe Peacock Mantis Shrimp is large for a man...

I found these shrimp in a tidepool. There was some freshwater seeping nearby. These shrimp are very ...

Camel Shrimp (Rhynchocinetes uritai) サラサエビThe common names for these shrimp are Camel Shrimp, Dancin...

Dancing Shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) スザクサラサエビ (size 4cm)Dancing Shrimp are Hinge-beak Shrimp ...