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The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9 lb). The distance from the tip of one leg to the tip of another can be as wide as 1 m (3 ft 3 in).
Venitus latreillei, commonly known as the giant sentinel crab, is a species of crab in the family Macrophthalmidae, sub family Macrophthalminae. [1] It is a large sentinel crab, carapace width recorded as up to 60 mm across. [ 2 ]
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] Male Tasmanian giant crabs reach more than twice the size of females, [7] which do not exceed 7 kg (15 lb). [6]
The crab's bumpy carapace blends into the rocky ocean floor. To further the deception, a spider crab adorns its shell with sponges and other animals. [ 10 ] The way in which a spider crab is able to pick up and cover itself with such organisms is by following a specific routine behavior.
Like the blue crab, its common name comes from the color of its shell; it is usually cream to tan in color. Both parts of the binomen Chaceon fenneri commemorate Fenner A. Chace Jr. [1] It is found on the ocean floor at depths of 200 to 1,500 m (660–4,920 ft) in the tropical west Atlantic, ranging from the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. [2] It ...
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Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific, including off the coasts Indonesia, [1] Malaysia, [2] Cambodia, [3] Thailand, [4] the Philippines, [5] and Vietnam; [6] and in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia.
Giant crabs, fish, alligators, turtles and dolphins went up on restaurants, surf and gift shops. Duato even built an enormous gaping shark head leaping out of a billboard at passing motorist for ...