Macrocheira kaempferi, Japanese giant spider crab
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Macrocheira kaempferi   Temminck, 1836

Japanese giant spider crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Majidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 50 - 400 m (Ref. 99853), usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 99852).  Subtropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 343); publicerad maxvikt: 13.6 kg (Ref. 99323)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Largest crab in the world. Leg span may measure up to 3.7 m and weight may exceed more than 13.6 kg (Ref. 99323).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Copulation is evident. Life cycle: first stage zoeal larvae moults in 9-12 days after hatching; second stage zoeae moults in 12-14 days after the first moulting, entering the megalopa stage.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Tanase, H. 1967 Preliminary notes on the zoea and megalopa of the giant spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi de Haan. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. XV(4):303-309. (Ref. 99852)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Trophic Ecology
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Distribution
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.8 - 23.2, mean 18.8 (based on 142 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

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