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Japanese spider crab

The Japanese spider crab is a species of marine crab and is the biggest one that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest known leg-span of any arthropod around 3.7 meters. The Japanese name for this species is taka-ashi-gani,... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Macrocheira kaempferi
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Inachidae
Genus: Macrocheira; De Haan, 1839
Infraorder: Brachyura
Kingdom: Animalia