Charybdis japonica

species of crab
Taxon taxon Q1058200
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Summary

Charybdis japonica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: recombination[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Charybdis[5]
  • Taxon name: Charybdis japonica[6]
  • Commons category: Charybdis japonica[7]
  • Short name: C. japonica[8]
  • Taxon common name: 日本蟳[9], 石蟳仔[10], Asian paddle crab[11], 민꽃게[12]
  • Invasive to: Australia[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[14]

Body

Identifiers

Charybdis japonica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 209010[15]. Charybdis japonica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 80839[16]. Charybdis japonica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 346466[17]. Charybdis japonica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2225629[18]. Charybdis japonica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 660546[19].

Why It Matters

Charybdis japonica has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon, recombination
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Charybdis
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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