#CrabAZ never ignores memes. M is for Macrocheira.
This is both the largest arthropod alive (3.8 m or 12 ft leg span, only males are this extreme) and the only living species in its family. Mainly found in Japanese waters up to 600 m depth.
(Yes we know it's Thursday, sorry)
🦀🧪🦑
This is both the largest arthropod alive (3.8 m or 12 ft leg span, only males are this extreme) and the only living species in its family. Mainly found in Japanese waters up to 600 m depth.
(Yes we know it's Thursday, sorry)
🦀🧪🦑
Comments
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2017.1355076
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ivb.12208
That’s a big effin crab
I remain impressed by the size of that crab.
Reallylarge
Active
Bodies
😊