Alpheus macellarius – ホリテッポウエビ – size 6cmAlpheus macellarius is a type of Snapping Shrim...

Eviota sp.I am not sure what kind of Eviota this is. I did find a picture of a fish that looked just...

Crab in PocilloporaI found this crab in a pocillopora head in shallow water. I have not been able to...

Shrimp on a Tube AnemoneI Have not been able to identify this shrimp that I found on a Tube Anemone....

Djeddah Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus djeddensis) モンツキテッポウエビ – Size 5cmThe Djeddah Snapping Shrimp ...

7-11 Crab (Carpilius maculatus) アカモンガニ – size 15cm – Red Spotted – Blood SpottedA ...

Blue-eyed Rock Crab (Percnon affine) size 7cmThe Blue-eyed Rock Crab lives in the surge zone. It als...

This small green crab was on a cushion starfish. The closest match I could find was a Thranita coeru...

Yellow-spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) アラメサンゴガニThe spots on the Yellow-spotted Guard Cra...

Hawaiian Swimming Crab (Goniosupradens hawaiensis) size 7cmThe Hawaiian Swimming crab is small often...

Kona Crab (Ranina ranina) アサヒガニ – size 22cm – Spanner CrabKona Crabs live out in the san...

Pale Pebble Crab (Etisus demani) デマンヒヅメガニ – size 2cmI think that this is a Pale Pebble Crab. T...

Potato Chip Crab (Aethra edentata)The Potato-chip Crab looks much like a Potato Chip. They are about...

Rainbow Swimming Crab (Goniosupradens erythrodactylus) マダライシガニ – size 7cmThe Rainbow Swimming ...

Splendid Pebble Crab (Etisus splendidus) オオアカヒヅメガニ – size 15cmThe Splendid Pebble Crab is red ...

Hairy Yellow Hermit Crab (Aniculus maximus) コガネオニヤドカリ – size 20cmThe Hairy Yellow Hermit Crab ...

Hopper’s Hermit Crab (Aniculus hopperae) A Hopper’s Hermit Crab in a juvenile Reticulate...

Jeweled Anemone Crab (Dardanus gemmatus) サメハダヤドカリ – size 5cmThe Jeweled Anemone Crab carries a...

Painted Hermit Crab (Calcinus pictus) size 2cmThe Painted Hermit crab is a Hawaii endemic hermit cra...

Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) アメリカザリガニ – size 12cm – Crawfish – Crawdad...

Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) ショウグンエビ – size 20cmThe Red Reed Lobster has claw...

Hawaiian Spiny Lobster (Panulirus marginatus) ‘Ula – size 45cmThe Hawaiian Spiny Lobster...

Brown Slipper Lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) ミナミゾウリエビ size 15cmThe Brown Slipper Lobster that is b...

Flattened Coral Shrimp (Harpiliopsis depressa) タテジマモシオエビ size 2cmThe Flattened Coral Shrimp lives in...

Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) フリソデエビHarlequin Shrimp eat starfish. This one is eating a starfi...

Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus pacificus) タイヘイヨウテッポウエビSnapping Shrimp are very common on reefs finding the...

Cushion Star (Culcita novaeguineae) マンジュウヒトデ – size 25cmCushion Star are large and look like a...

orest on a dark nightJapanese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir japonica) モクズガニ ／ ヅガニ ／ ヤマガニThe Japanese Mitten...

Gooseneck Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) カルエボシGooseneck Barnacles are filter feeders that grow on floa...

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...

Wharf Roach (Ligia ryukyuensis) リュウキュウフナムシThe Wharf Roach is a type of Isopod. They go by many names...

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 2023 Fiddler Crabs female with small claws, mal...

Flat Rock Crab (Percnon planissimum) トゲアシガニ – size 2.5cmThe Flat Rock Crab lives in the rocks....

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 – ‘Ula – size 45cmThe Green Sp...

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 ...