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Leptomithrax gaimardii (common name - Great spider-crab) is a species of crab in the Majidae family, first described by Henri Milne-Edwards in 1834 as Paramithrax gaimardii, [3] [4] from a specimen (erroneously said to be) found in New Zealand waters [3] by Joseph Paul Gaimard who is honoured by the species epithet.
The great spider crab (Hyas araneus) is a species of crab found in northeast Atlantic waters and the North Sea, usually below the tidal zone. [ 1 ] In 1986, two specimens were captured at the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula , apparently transported by human agency. [ 2 ]
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.
Hyas, a genus of spider crabs, including the great spider crab (Hyas araneus), found in the Atlantic and the North Sea. Maja squinado , sometimes called the "European long leg crab or pie faced crab" because of the way its face is shaped.
Longnose spider crab: Atlantic coast of North America: Uses noxious alga Dictyota menstrualis [1] Loxorhynchus crispatus: Masking or moss crab: Eastern Pacific Ocean [1] Prefers to decorate with bryozoan Bugula neritina: Hyas araneus: Great spider crab: North Atlantic, North Sea [5] Camposcia retusa: Harlequin crab or spider decorator crab ...
Several species of wild crab are the subject of crab fisheries around the coasts of the British Isles. The most important are the brown crab or edible crab, Cancer pagurus (29,193 t), various swimming crabs (3,180 t), the spider crab Maja brachydactyla (1,565 t), the shore crab or green crab Carcinus maenas (553 t) and the velvet crab Necora puber (193 t).
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Hyas coarctatus looks like the great spider crab (H. araneus) but has a lyriformed shell.The carapace of a large specimen is up to 60 mm long and 44 mm wide. [2] The colour is grey-brown on the dorsal side, sometimes with a bit reddish, the ventral side is dirty white.