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title: "Asian Shore Crab"
description: "Hemigrapsus sanguineus — Other animals. Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab or Asian shore crab, is a species of crab from East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/asian-shore-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Shore Crab

> Hemigrapsus sanguineus — Other animals. Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab or Asian shore crab, is a species of crab from East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Hemigrapsus sanguineus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 7371
- Wikidata: [Q728318](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728318)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48904](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48904)

## Names

- en: Asian Shore Crab
- de: Asiatische Strandkrabbe
- fr: Grapse sanguin
- nl: Blaasjeskrab

## Countries with the most observations

US (5490), FR (277), CN (261), NL (209), DE (163), JP (125), RU (101), KR (84), AU (83), TW (52), JE (44), BE (41)

## Summary

Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab or Asian shore crab, is a species of crab from East Asia. It has been introduced to several other regions, and is now an invasive species in North America and Europe. It was introduced to these regions by ships from Asia emptying their ballast tanks in coastal waters.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemigrapsus_sanguineus

## Photo

![Asian Shore Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-shore-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Robert · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45021371

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-shore-crab?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).