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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 ...
B. latro is both the largest living terrestrial arthropod and the largest living terrestrial invertebrate. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Reports of its size vary, but most sources give a body length up to 40 cm (16 in), [ 14 ] a weight up to 4.1 kg (9 lb), and a leg span more than 0.91 m (3 ft), [ 15 ] with males generally being larger than females. [ 16 ]
Endemic crustaceans of Japan (9 P) Pages in category "Crustaceans of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The largest crustacean is the Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), with a weight of 13 kilograms (29 lb) and a carapace width of up to 46 centimetres (18 in). It is the only species in the genus Pseudocarcinus. [264] Males reach more than twice the size of females. [265]
A form of flowering plant that far exceeds Pando as the largest organism on Earth in area and potentially also mass, is the giant marine plant, Posidonia australis, living in Shark Bay, Australia. Its length is about 180 km (112 mi) and it covers an area of 200 km 2 (77 sq mi).
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]
The horsehair crab, Erimacrus isenbeckii (Japanese: ケガニ, kegani), is a species of crab which is found mainly in the Northwest Pacific, around the Hokkaido coast in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Western Bering Sea and is an important commercial species used in Japanese cuisine.
Heikegani (平家蟹, ヘイケガニ, Literal meaning: Heike Crab, Heikeopsis japonica) is a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face – an example of the phenomenon of pareidolia – which is interpreted to be the face of an angry samurai, hence the nickname samurai crab.