Japanese Spider Crabs in Europe

Kalaw

Kalaw

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I was wondering how many public European collections hold Japanese Spider Crabs (Macrocheira kaempferi). They fascinated me back when Sea Life London had some in a temporary exhibition, but since they unfortunately left (in 2016, I believe), I wasn't sure how many, if any, European zoos still held them. A quick search of the ZooChat Media Gallery suggests that the following collections have held them at some point fairly recently, but I am not sure whether any of them still do, and, of course, I would be very interested to hear of any more:

- Blue Planet Aquarium (UK)
- Sea Life Alton Towers (UK)
- Sea Life Manchester (UK)
- Sea Life Scarborough (UK)
- Sea Life Great Yarmouth (UK)
- Sea Life Brighton (UK)
- Sea Life Blackpool (UK)
- Sea Life Blankenberge (BE)
- Sea Life Istanbul (TR)
- L'Oceanografic Valencia (ES)
- Oceanario Lisboa (PO)

Thanks in advance!
 
Artis Zoo Amsterdam is the first aquarium outside Japan to have had Japanese spider crabs.
They were a gift of Sunshine Aquarium, Tokyo, Japan, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Artis Aquarium.in 1982.
Three of the four survived the transport. Once in Amsterdam they adapted quickly. They mated and the biggest female produced hundred of eggs on 2 December 1982. She died a few days later; the eggs were already gone by then.

In the Netherlands also Sea Life Scheveningen has had Japanese spider crabs:
- 2010 "Crabzilla" who left for Sea Life Paris in 2011 (don't know what happend to her in Paris)
- 2013 "Alexander" who died after a short period.
 
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