Kuruma prawn

Species not subject to regulation.
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Description : Males of M. japonicus can reach a total length of 17 cm (6.7 in), while females may reach 27 cm (11 in)[2] and a mass of 130 grams.
The body is pale, with brown bands across the back, while the pereiopods and pleopods (walking and swimming legs, respectively) are pale yellow near their bases, and blue near the tips.

Habitat : M. japonicus lives in bays and inland seas, particularly where warm currents occur. It is nocturnal, remaining buried in the substrate during the day.
It occurs naturally in bays and seas of the Indo-West Pacific, but has also reached the Mediterranean Sea as a Lessepsian migrant.

Alimentation : Les adultes consomment de petits éléments de la faune vagile comme mollusques, petits crustacés, annélides polychètes qu’ils détectent en partie à l’aide de leurs longues antennes.