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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. The Japanese name for this species is taka-ashi-gani, (Japanese: タカアシガニ), literally translating to "tall legs crab". It goes ...
Kiwa hirsuta is a crustacean discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean. [1] This decapod, which is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws). Its discoverers dubbed it the "yeti lobster" or "yeti crab". [2]
Various species of yeti crabs have been found at varying locations. Four species have been described: Kiwa hirsuta discovered in 2005 on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, [8] Kiwa puravida discovered in 2006 at cold seeps in the East Pacific (all other species are from hydrothermal vents), [9] [10] Kiwa tyleri, known colloquially as the "Hoff crab", from the East Scotia Ridge, [11] [12] and Kiwa ...
[23] [24] Most crustaceans are also motile, moving about independently, although a few taxonomic units are parasitic and live attached to their hosts (including sea lice, fish lice, whale lice, tongue worms, and Cymothoa exigua, all of which may be referred to as "crustacean lice"), and adult barnacles live a sessile life – they are attached ...
Endemic crustaceans of Japan (9 P) Pages in category "Crustaceans of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about ...
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Japan is set to build two 20,000 ton super destroyers, the largest in Asia. The two ships will protect Japan from ballistic missile attacks from China and North Korea.