Spider crab
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The term spider crab can refer to various species of crab
in the family Majidae
. See crab spider
for spiders of the Thomisidae family.
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
in the family Majidae
Majidae
Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 700 marine species with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider crab"...
. See crab spider
Crab spider
Crab spider is a common name applied loosely to many species of spiders, but most nearly consistently to members of the family Thomisidae...
for spiders of the Thomisidae family.
- Japanese spider crabJapanese spider crabThe , Macrocheira kaempferi, is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to and weighing up to . It is the subject of small-scale fishery.-Description:...
(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
- HyasHyas (genus)Hyas is a genus of oregoniid crabs, comprising five extant species:*Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851*Hyas araneus *Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815*Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851*Hyas ursinus Rathbun, 1924...
, a genus of spider crabs, including the great spider crabGreat spider crabThe great spider crab, Hyas araneus, is a species of crab found in Atlantic waters and the North Sea, usually below the tidal zone.In 2003 it was discovered around the Antarctic Peninsula apparently transported by human agency....
(Hyas araneus), found in the Atlantic and the North Sea - Maja squinadoMaja squinadoMaja squinado is a species of migratory crab found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.-Diet:M...
, sometimes called the "European spider crab"