What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from ... oval carapaces blend in with the rocks on the ocean floor. Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an ...

Once it’s done eating, it retracts its jaw back into its mouth and goes back to trawling the ocean floor. One of the creepiest crustaceans known to man, the Japanese spider crab was first ...

With a leg span of 13 feet (4 meters), the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is the biggest crab in the world. It lives in the Pacific Ocean's mesopelagic (twilight) zone at depths from ...

The ocean holds many bizarre deep-sea monsters ... Sure, they look scary, but those 50 rows of teeth are for filtering krill. The Japanese spider crab is happy to welcome you to 300 meters ...

The giant Japanese spider crab. This is the biggest crab in the ... skill 'is the ability to live in seriously deep parts of the ocean.' ANDY TORBET:Japanese giant spider crabs have been found ...