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Researched by | Emily Wilson & Eliza Gibson-Hall | Refereed by | This information is not refereed |
Authority | Leach, 1817 | ||
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A spider crab with characteristic swellings on each side of the carapace, bearing groups of bristles or small spines (hook-setae). The carapace is relatively smooth, narrowed, and grows up to 12 mm long and 8 mm wide. The frontal region produces a small, short, prolongation of the head (rostrum) with a U-shaped incision. Colouration is pale to a reddish-yellow, with lighter chelipeds and pereiopods. The abdomen is separated into 2-5 sections (somites). The pincered legs (chelipeds) are spiny and the walking legs (pereiopods) are covered with long bristles. Chelipeds are spiny, equal and larger in male crabs. The eyestalks are especially long and are always visible.
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NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2023. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2023-03-25
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Last Updated: 01/08/2018