spider crab
Maja squinado
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- spider crab
Compound: spider + crab spider: eight-legged arachnid, for the long spindly legs, crab: crustacean ↳ spider from Old English spiþra, related to spinnan (to spin), for spinning webs
Large spider crab with a spiny reddish carapace reaching about 20 cm across, and long slender legs. Found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Same species, different names
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ayı yengeciTurkey
centollaSpain
granseolaItaly
spider crabInternational
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