Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Spider crab pasta is a traditional Italian delicacy -- it's usually cooked in a tomato, garlic, and white wine sauce -- and ...

The eerie deposits are the exoskeletons of spiny spider crabs, known for their large offshore gatherings where they shed their shells as part of growth. "It may look alarming but there is nothing ...

An invasion of giant spider crabs has stunned locals as 'tens of thousands ... The crabs gather for the process of moulting - where they shed their shell and making way for a new hard shell ...

to film the annual mass aggregation of spider crabs. These crabs come together to shed their old shells in a process called moulting. It was our first day of filming and although the crabs had ...

The meat in the shell, notably different for its pale greyish-green colour, also has a great flavour. It is popular along the Pacific seaboard of the United States Spider crabs - popular in France ...

"But it is equally likely that these animals were living happily on the shell of the crab while it was alive. "Like all crustaceans, spider crabs have to moult their outer shell to grow ...

A spider is tethered in front of the tracker ... snail shell they can find—they also remodel their homes. Hermit crab shells get better with time as each subsequent inhabitant makes home ...

Thousands of spider crabs have been spotted in a mass gathering ... the crabs crack open their exoskeletons and grow a new outer shell, the charity said. Mr Slater, the charity's conservation ...

The Japanese spider crab lives at depths between 150 ... The females have a wide and rounded stomach. A crab shell drawn with a human face is often seen posted at the entrance of “minshuku ...