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The great spider crab (Hyas araneus) is a species of crab found in northeast Atlantic waters and the North Sea, usually below the tidal zone. [1]In 1986, two specimens were captured at the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, apparently transported by human agency. [2]
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.
Hyas coarctatus looks like the great spider crab (H. araneus) but has a lyriformed shell.The carapace of a large specimen is up to 60 mm long and 44 mm wide. [2] The colour is grey-brown on the dorsal side, sometimes with a bit reddish, the ventral side is dirty white.
Libinia emarginata, the portly spider crab, a species of crab found in estuarine habitats on the east coast of North America. Hyas , a genus of spider crabs, including the great spider crab ( Hyas araneus ), found in the Atlantic and the North Sea.
Hyas araneus – great spider crab; Hyas coarctatus; Hypoconcha arcuata; Hypoconcha parasitica; Hypoconcha spinosissima; Iliacantha subglobosa; Inachoides forceps; Inachus dorsettensis – scorpion spider crab; Inachus leptochirus; Inachus phalangium; Latreillia elegans; Libinia dubia; Libinia emarginata – portly spider crab; Liocarcinus ...
Longnose spider crab: Atlantic coast of North America: Uses noxious alga Dictyota menstrualis [1] Loxorhynchus crispatus: Masking or moss crab: Eastern Pacific Ocean [1] Prefers to decorate with bryozoan Bugula neritina: Hyas araneus: Great spider crab: North Atlantic, North Sea [5] Camposcia retusa: Harlequin crab or spider decorator crab ...
The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is a species of marine crab and is the biggest one that lives in the waters around Japan. At around 3.7 meters, it has the largest leg-span of any arthropod .
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