Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

A Japanese spider crab at the Manila Ocean Park, the Philippines

Description
English: Japanese spider crab at Manila Ocean Park
Date 6 May 2008, 13:39
Source Own work
Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tsarli (Charles Laigo) at en.wikipedia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_crab_at_manila_ocean_park.jpg

The Japanese spider crab (タカアシガニ takaashigani, lit. "tall-legged crab"), Macrocheira kaempferi, is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod. It is the subject of small-scale fishery which has led to some conservation measures. Order: Decapoda, Infraorder: Brachyura, Superfamily: Majoidea, Family: Inachidae, Genus: Macrocheira, Species: Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836).


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Description		Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) A Japanese spider crab at the Manila Ocean Park, the Philippines Description English: Japanese spider crab at Manila Ocean Park Date 6 May 2008, 13:39 Source Own work Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tsarli (Charles Laigo) at en.wikipedia Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_crab_at_manila_ocean_park.jpg The Japanese spider crab (タカアシガニ takaashigani, lit. "tall-legged crab"), Macrocheira kaempferi, is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod. It is the subject of small-scale fishery which has led to some conservation measures. Order: Decapoda, Infraorder: Brachyura, Superfamily: Majoidea, Family: Inachidae, Genus: Macrocheira, Species: Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836).

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