The spanner crab is found in the coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia, named for its flattened, spanner-shaped claws. Unlike most crabs it has a smooth, egg-shaped shell and burrows backward into sandy seafloor sediment, leaving only its eyes and antennae exposed, moving mainly by walking sideways or backward beneath the sand, and it supports a commercial fishery in Australia and parts of Asia.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleFarmed or Commercially Raised 3 Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
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Source SeaLifeBase: Ranina ranina
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Sources
1. SeaLifeBase: Ranina ranina
SeaLifeBaseBiologyQuote, Biology
Feeds on a variety of worms and soft shelled mollusks (Ref. 343 ).
2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikipedia: Ranina ranina
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Ranina ranina
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5178652, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 5178652, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Spanner Crab
Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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