Two giant crabs of Japan shown under water. Colour line block after T. Carreras.

  • Carreras, Theobald, 1829-1895.
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1911
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41927i
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Two giant crabs of Japan shown under water. Colour line block after T. Carreras. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also called Macrocheira kaempferi

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The giant crab of Japan. This enormous crab is the largest known. Ordinary examples can span eleven feet between the tips of the front pair of limbs; but large specimens measure eighteen feet between the same extremities ... By Theo. Carreras Lettering continues: It is one of the family of spider crabs and is found only on the coasts of Japan. It lives among the weed-covered rocks at the bottom of the sea

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