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Leptomithrax gaimardii (common name - Great spider-crab) is a species of crab in the Majidae family, first described by Henri Milne-Edwards in 1834 as Paramithrax gaimardii, [3] [4] from a specimen (erroneously said to be) found in New Zealand waters [3] by Joseph Paul Gaimard who is honoured by the species epithet.
Coffin Bay, originally Coffin's Bay, [9] is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, a wheat growing area of South Australia. [ 10 ] The town is situated on the western side of the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula about 46 km from Port Lincoln .
Small crab boat in harbour at A Illa de Arousa, Galicia, Spain. Crab fisheries are fisheries which capture or farm crabs. True crabs make up 20% of all crustaceans caught and farmed worldwide, with about 1.4 million tonnes being consumed annually. The horse crab, Portunus trituberculatus, accounts for one quarter of that total.
Lomis hirta Hairy stone crab (Lamarck, 1810) (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Mallacoota, Victoria, and around Tasmania.) [1] Family Galatheidae – Squat lobsters, craylets, Lobster krill Galathea australiensis Australian craylet (Stimpson, 1858) (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Port Stephens (New South Wales), and around Tasmania.) [1]
Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 200 marine species inside 52 genera, with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider crab".
Kellidie Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the state’s west overlooking parts of the body of water known as Coffin Bay about 290 kilometres (180 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Cummins. [1]
Coffin Bay Peninsula is a peninsula located at the south west end of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.It extends in a north westerly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Coffin Bay, Port Douglas and Yangie Bay to the north, the Great Australian Bight to the west and Avoid Bay to the south.
The female seaweed crab lays fertilized eggs from which larvae develop and break free. The eggs are bright orange when freshly laid and turn brown as they approach time to hatch, and are approximately 0.75mm across. There are multiple stages of the larva before they reach maturity including pre-zoea, zoea 1, zoea 2, and megalopa.