Heikegani were used by Carl Sagan in his popular science television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage as an example of unintentional artificial selection, an interpretation … Meer weergeven

The Battle of Dan-no-ura was preceded by an immense struggle between the imperial rulers of Japan, the Taira clan (also known as the Heike), who the Heikegani crabs are named … Meer weergeven

• Heike Ichizoku no Onryo – The Vengeful Ghosts of the Heike Clan at hyakumonogatari.com (English). Meer weergeven

In Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, the writer, Lafcadio Hearn, references the Heike crab in "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi."
In the 1964 Japanese anthology film Kwaidan, based on Hearn's stories, "Hoichi the … Meer weergeven