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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 .
Maguimithrax spinosissimus, [2] also known as the Caribbean king crab, [3] West Indian spider crab, channel clinging crab, reef or spiny spider crab, and coral crab, is a species of spider crab that occurs throughout South Florida and across the Caribbean Islands.
Maja squinado (the European spider crab, spiny spider crab or spinous spider crab) is a species of migratory crab found in the Mediterranean Sea. [1] The appearance of the European spider crab is similar to the much larger Japanese spider crab, although the European spider crab belongs to the family Majidae, and the Japanese spider crab belongs to a different family of crabs, the Macrocheiridae.
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.
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.
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 ]
Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab". The generic name Chionoecetes means snow ( χιών , chion ) inhabitant ( οἰκητης , oiketes ); [ 3 ] opilio means shepherd , and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab.
Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 200 marine species inside 52 genera, 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".