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  2. Japanese spider crab - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese giant 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 .

  3. Macrocheira - Wikipedia

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    Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea. [1] It contains the Japanese spider crab ( Macrocheira kaempferi ) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra . [ 2 ]

  4. Majoidea - Wikipedia

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    Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), the largest living species of crab, found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Libinia emarginata , the portly spider crab, a species of crab found in estuarine habitats on the east coast of North America.

  5. Hemigrapsus sanguineus - Wikipedia

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    Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab or Asian shore crab, is a species of crab from East Asia. It has been introduced to several other regions, and is now an invasive species in North America and Europe. It was introduced to these regions by ships from Asia emptying their ballast tanks in coastal waters.

  6. Tasmanian giant crab - Wikipedia

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    Tasmanian giant crab in Sydney Aquarium, Australia. The Tasmanian giant crab is one of the largest crabs in the world, reaching a mass of 17.6 kg (39 lb) and a carapace width of up to 46 cm (18 in). [6] Among crabs, only the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) can weigh more. [5]

  7. Achaeus japonicus - Wikipedia

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    Achaeus japonicus, sometimes known as the orang-utan crab, [2] [3] is a crab of the family Inachidae (spider crabs or decorator crabs) which can be observed in tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific.

  8. Heikegani - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Loxorhynchus grandis - Wikipedia

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    Loxorhynchus grandis, commonly known as the sheep crab or spider crab, is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae. [1] It is the largest crab found on the California coast. [2] The species was first described to science by William Stimpson in 1857. [3] The type specimen was collected on the coast of California, near San Francisco.