What is the largest crustacean in the world?

Answer 1

The Japanese Spider Crab. They can grow to 4 meters and live in the Pacific Ocean. It has a hard, spikey shell, and has the longest leg span. They obviously have claws and they normally roam around the bottom of the ocean floor. They have been known to eat small sea animals, and have been seen eating mollusk

Answer 2

The largest, reaching a length of nearly 50 feet, is believed to be the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, which is not only the largest mollusc but also the largest invertebrate. It also possesses the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, perhaps over a foot in diameter, or about the size of a dinner plate!

Answer 3

The largest species of shrimp is called the black tiger shrimp usually caught of the south eastern shores of Asia. The largest one I've heard of was one some guy caught in Columbia that was 40 cm long.

Answer 4

believe the world record blue crab was 11 inches and it is at the Virginia Institute of marine studies. It was kept alive then stuffed ...

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Answer 5

The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) holds the title of the largest crustacean in the world. It can have a leg span of over 12 feet and weigh up to 40 pounds.

Answer 6

The Japanese Spider Crab

It's the Japanese Spider Crab, with a leg span of several meters.

Answer 7

There are about 50,000 known species of Crustacean.

Answer 8

Water fleas are the smallest crustaceans in the world. Don't let the name fool you, these animals are crustaceans, not fleas. They can be as tiny as 0.2 millimeters.

Answer 9

The Japanese Spider Crab.

Answer 10

giant spider crab