Spider crab

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taxon:Decapoda, Majidae species:Macroregonia macrochira
axial status common author: Sakai, 1978
These crabs, up to 80 cm in leg span, are major predators at Axial vents. The species was described from the Emperor Seamounts and is common on the fringes of vents along the Explorer and JdF Ridges."
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