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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 ...
Endemic crustaceans of Japan (9 P) Pages in category "Crustaceans of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
When light bounces off a highly-reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum at the back of their eyes, it makes them appear to glow. [8] B. giganteus reaches a typical length between 19 and 36 cm [ 9 ] an individual claimed to be 76 cm long has been reported by the popular press, but the largest confirmed was ca. 50 cm. [ 10 ]
Although most crustaceans are small, their morphology varies greatly and includes both the largest arthropod in the world – the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of 3.7 metres (12 ft) [45] – and the smallest, the 100-micrometre-long (0.004 in) Stygotantulus stocki. [46]
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.
The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of ...
The superorder Peracarida is a large group of malacostracan crustaceans, having members in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They are chiefly defined by the presence of a brood pouch , or marsupium , formed from thin flattened plates ( oostegites ) borne on the basalmost segments of the legs . [ 2 ]
Here are some images of the northern green anaconda, indigenous to the Orinoco Basin of the Amazon and "magnificent" in size. 'Magnificent creatures': New photos show largest anaconda ever ...