Great spider crab

Great spider crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Oregoniidae
Genus:	Hyas
Species:	H. araneus
Binomial name
	Hyas araneus; (Linnaeus, 1758)

The great spider crab, Hyas araneus, is a species of crab found in northeast Atlantic waters and the North Sea, usually below the tidal zone.^[1]

In 2003 it was discovered around the Antarctic Peninsula apparently transported by human agency.^[2]

References

^ Kåre Telnes. "Great spider crab". The Marine Fauna Gallery of Norway. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
^ Marcos Tavares & Gustavo A. D. de Melo (2004). "Discovery of the first known benthic invasive species in the Southern Ocean: the North Atlantic spider crab Hyas araneus found in the Antarctic Peninsula". Antarctic Science. 16 (2): 129–131. doi:10.1017/S0954102004001877.

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[1] Kåre Telnes. "Great spider crab". The Marine Fauna Gallery of Norway. Retrieved 2007-06-28.

[2] Marcos Tavares & Gustavo A. D. de Melo (2004). "Discovery of the first known benthic invasive species in the Southern Ocean: the North Atlantic spider crab Hyas araneus found in the Antarctic Peninsula". Antarctic Science. 16 (2): 129–131. doi:10.1017/S0954102004001877.

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