Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata)

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Macropodia rostrata

(Linnaeus, 1761)

Long Legged Spider Crab

Also known as: Hooiwagenkrab

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About

Max size

2.8 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Inachidae

Where to find it

occasional

Other species in Inachidae

Inachus thoracicus

Inachus thoracicus

Scorpion Spider Crab (Inachus dorsettensis)

Inachus dorsettensis

Scorpion Spider Crab

Podochela grossipes

Podochela grossipes

Leach's Spider Crab (Inachus phalangium)

Inachus phalangium

Leach's Spider Crab

Shortfinger Neck Crab (Coryrhynchus sidneyi)

Coryrhynchus sidneyi

Shortfinger Neck Crab

Achaeus erythraeus

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