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Japanese spider crab
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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Majidae (spider crabs)
Genus:	Macrocheira
Species:	Macrocheira kaempferi

Binomial name

Macrocheira kaempferi
C.J. Temminck, 1836

The Japanese Spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is the largest crab alive; fully grown it can reach a leg span of almost 4 meters (13 feet), a body size of up to 37 cm (15 inches) and a weight of up to 20 kg (44 pounds). The crab's natural habitat is on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean (some 300m deep) around Japan, where it feeds on dead animals and shellfish. It is believed to live up to 100 years.

The largest terrestrial crab is the Coconut crab.

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