japanese spider crab

Macrocheira kaempferi | There are 3 medium sized crabs in the "Twighlight Zone" tank in Living Seas, also housed with Longspine Snipefishes and Giant Pink Isopods (not on exhibit yet)

Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi); I've never seen one climb like this before!

Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

Japanese spider crabs (Macrocheira kaempferi)

Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasylogon) and Japanese spider crabs (Macrocheira kaempferi); a crab got too close to the shark, and it got a warning snap! Nothing serious.

The tank for Japanese giant spider crabs.

Macrocheira kaempferi, taken on the 9-10-20

Taken December 28 2018

Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

First we had "crabzilla" at the national sea life centre in Birmingham, now up until Easter we have "Crab Kong", a recently imported giant Japanese spider crab, bigger than its incumbent, the largest of species seen in the UK. The male spider crab was caught earlier this month by fishermen in...