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mainland across from Japan, the eastern coast of Korea, the coast 

 northward to Vladivostok and perhaps even a little farther north. 

 In Japan it goes far up into the mountains, and in these mountainous 

 regions it is called the mountain crab. 



The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne-Edwards) 



Figuee 1.— Distribution of genus Eriocheir k m East Asia; horizontal lines; region of habitat of the Japanese 

 mitten crab; vertical lines: region of the Chinese mitten crab; dotted region: habitat of Eriocheir leptognathus 

 Rath bun. 



(pl. I) inhabits China from the province of Fokien in the south to the 

 west coast of the Korean Peninsula (by the Yellow Sea) in the north. 

 Its principal habitat is, however, north of Shanghai. Even though it 

 is found far inland, it nevertheless seems to prefer regions near the 

 coast. Kobayashi says that in Korea it always settles in the rice- 



