How big is the world's biggest crab???

Question

Please tell me the encyclopedic name of this type of crab and please link some photos too!!! Thanks!

Answer 1

japanese spider crab.. i think they can get 6 feet across

Answer 2

the Macrocheira Kaempferi. also known as the japanese spider crab.

http://www.vincelewis.net/spider.html

that site has a bunch of information and pictures.

Answer 3

http://www.pbase.com/clements/image/4082...

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612...

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/to...

Answer 4

OMG! search coconut crab they are huge!

theres a video in youtube with a picture of it also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Xa9CyzJ...