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Toothed decorator crab, Acanthonyx dentatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 recorded as syn. Dehaanius dentatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834) (Saldanha Bay to Richards Bay) [3] [119] [4] Agulhas spider crab, Maja capensis (Ortmann, 1894) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) [ 114 ] syn. Mamaia capensis (not listed on WoRMS, possibly Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, [ 4 ...
Maguimithrax spinosissimus, [2] also known as the Caribbean king crab, [3] West Indian spider crab, channel clinging crab, reef or spiny spider crab, and coral crab, is a species of spider crab that occurs throughout South Florida and across the Caribbean Islands.
Rear view of a Japanese spider crab at Monterey Bay Aquarium A Japanese spider crab at Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, US. Japanese spider crabs are mostly found off the southern coasts of the Japanese island of Honshū, from Tokyo Bay to Kagoshima Prefecture. Outlying populations have been found in Iwate Prefecture and off Su-ao in Taiwan. [3]
Libinia spinosa is a member of the crab superfamily Majoidea which are commonly known as the spider crabs. [1] The carapaces of this organism can measure up to 89 mm and its leg span can be up to 568 mm. [2] The number of median spines of Libinia spinosa can vary, with 7 being the most common number, but Libinia spinosa with 5, 8, and 10 median spines are also seen commonly. [2]
Maja squinado (the European spider crab, spiny spider crab or spinous spider crab) is a species of migratory crab found in the Mediterranean Sea. [1] The appearance of the European spider crab is similar to the much larger Japanese spider crab, although the European spider crab belongs to the family Majidae, and the Japanese spider crab belongs to a different family of crabs, the Macrocheiridae.
Free diver Jules Casey witnessed a darkly captivating scene on the sea floor of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, on June 5: two spider crabs feasting on the remains of another crab.Casey ...
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".
Libinia emarginata is roughly triangular in outline and very heavily calcified, with a carapace about 4 in (100 mm) long and a leg span of 12 inches (300 mm). [4] The whole crab is khaki, and the carapace is covered in spines and tubercles, [5] and, as with other decorator crabs, often clothes itself in debris and small invertebrates.