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The heaviest spider crab, captured in 1921, weighed in at 41 pounds. For the Japanese spider crab, the largest species, 16 to 18 kg is not uncommon. Other species can be much lighter, for example in one North Sea species a typical adult would be in the range of 1 to 3 kg.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe heaviest crab on record, caught in 1921 was around 41 pounds, a Japanese spider crab. Some anecdotal evidence exists for living aquatic crabs even heavier, based on recovered carapace size.
Amongst the land crabs the heaviest, (also the heaviest land arthropod) is the coconut crab which can get up to 9 pounds. This is believed to be the upper limit of the possible weight of an arthropod, owing to physical contraints of their physiology.
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∙ 12y agoThe weight for a Japanese giant spider crab has a range from 20kg to 30kg.
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∙ 14y agoThere legs can get up to 13ft and there body gets to one foot in diameter.
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