Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) This crab specimen from the American Museum of Natural History measures 3.8 metres across its outstretched legs
Description
English: Japanese spider crab
Русский: Японский краб-паук
Date Before jun 1920
Source Popular Science Magazine, jun. 1920: http://books.google.com/books?id=xCkDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=ru&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_spider_crab.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).
Synonyms:
Maja kaempferi Temminck, 1836
Inachus kaempferi (Temminck, 1836)
Kaempferia kaempferi (Temminck, 1836)
