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Japan

Applicable Field Guides
Main Islands of Japan; Ogasawara Islands; Ryuku Islands, Japan
Also Known As
日本
Included Within
Western Pacific Ocean
Approximate Coordinates
34.221423°N, 135.138759°E
A purple fiddler crab (local) or a blue fiddler crab surrounded by a dashed circle (regional) indicates the coordinates used to represent this location; yellow fiddler crabs indicate all sublocations contained within this location; a skull and crossbones indicates fossil-only locations or sub-locations; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken locations.

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Currently Recognized Species

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

References

Adams (1848), Aizawa (2000), Al-Aidaroos (2013), Alcock (1900), Al-Khayat (1996), Aoki et al. (2009), Aoki & Wada (2011), Aprilyanto et al. (2017), Balss (1922), Barnwell (1982), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Boone (1934), Bott (1973), Cammen (1980), Cano (1889), Chassard-Bouchaud & Galle (1986), Chertoprud et al. (2012), Chhapgar (1957), Chopra & Das (1937), Crane (1975), Crosnier (1965), De Haan (1833-1850), De Man (1891), Deb (1995), Deb (1998), Dev Roy & Bhadra (2001), Dev Roy & Bhadra (2005), Dev Roy & Bhadra (2008), Dev Roy & Bhadra (2011), Dunham & Gilchrist (1988), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), Feest (1969), Felder et al. (1985), Forest & Guinot (1961), Fransen et al. (1997), Frith & Brunenmeister (1980), Frith & Frith (1977), Frith & Frith (1978), Fujita (2018), Goshima & Murai (1988), Grant & McCulloch (1906), Harada (1993), Hartnoll (1975), Hartnoll (1982), Hartnoll (1988), Haswell (1882), Herklots (1851), Herklots (1861), Hilgendorf (1869), Ho et al. (1993), Holthuis (1993), Horii et al. (2001), Huang & Shih (2021), Ikeda et al. (2004), Irie et al. (2005), Ishigami et al. (2005), Jaroensutasinee & Jaroensutasinee (2004), Jones & George (1982), Kawaida et al. (2017), Kawasaki et al. (2008), Kingsley (1880), Ko & Kim (1989), Kobayashi et al. (2019), Koelbel (1898), Krauss (1843), Krishnan (1990), Krishnan (1992), Krishnan & Ramachandran (1990), Lewinsohn (1977), Lin (1949), Maccagno (1928), Macnae (1968), Mariappan et al. (2000), Masunari et al. (2020), Miers (1879), Miers (1880), Milne Edwards (1837), Milne Edwards (1852), Milne Edwards (1854), Milne-Edwards (1873), Mitra et al. (2010), Miyake (1936), Miyake (1938), Miyake (1963), Miyake et al. (1962), Miyawaki & Tsurada (1985), Mookui et al. (2012 [2555]), Murai & Goshima (1987), Muramatsu (2005), Muramatsu (2009), Muraoka (1976), Murniati & Pratiwi (2015), Naderloo et al. (2016), Naderloo et al. (2010), Nakasone (1982), Nakasone & Kawa (1983), Ng et al. (2008), Ng et al. (2017), Ng et al. (2009), Ng et al. (2001), Nobili (1901), Odhano et al. (2015), Ohno et al. (2006), Ohno et al. (2006), Ono (1959), Ono (1962), Ono (1963), Ono (1965), Ortmann (1894), Ortmann (1897), Otani et al. (2007), Oyenekan (1995), Parisi (1918), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Pillai (1951), Poupin & Juncker (2010), Powers (1975), Powers & Bliss (1983), Rao & Rath (2013), Rao & Rath (2014), Rath & Dev Roy (2008), Rath & Dev Roy (2010), Rath & Dev Roy (2011), Rosenberg (1997), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Ryōan (1712-1713), Saigusa (1997), Sakai (1934), Sakai (1936), Sakai (1936 [1935]), Sakai (1939), Sakai (1940), Sakai (1974), Sakai (1976), Salmon & Zucker (1988), Sasaki et al. (2014), Serène (1973), Shen (1932), Shen (1940), Shen (1940), Shih et al. (2023), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2010), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Shirafuji et al. (2002), Simonson (1985), Stebbing (1905), Stebbing (1910), Stebbing (1917), Stephensen (1946), Stimpson (1858), Stimpson (1907), Suiken (?), Suiken (~1826), Suzuki et al. (2003), Takeda & Miyake (1976), Takeda & Yamaguchi (1973), Takeda (2020), Takeda & Murai (2004), Tanaka et al. (2004), Tanase & Wada (2019), Terada (1979), Thompson (1901), Thurman et al. (2025), Tina et al. (2015), Tina et al. (2018), Tina et al. (2018), Tomotsune et al. (2020), Tweedie (1950), Vale et al. (2015), Vannini & Valmori (1981), von Hagen (1970), Wada (2001), Wada et al. (2011), Warner (1977), Weis (2019), White (1847), Yamaguchi (1970), Yamaguchi (1971), Yamaguchi (1973), Yamaguchi (1977), Yamaguchi (1993), Yamaguchi (1993), Yamaguchi (1998), Yamaguchi & Baba (1993), Yamaguchi & Holthuis (2001), Yamaguchi & Takeda (1973), Yang et al. (2019), Yoritaka (~1762-1770), Yoshigou (2001), Yoshigou (2002), Yoshiwara (1901)

Entries marked with represent indirect references to location through citation.