Invertebrate
Japanese Spider Crab
Record-span scavenger of Pacific depths
Family Inachidae
Inachidae is a taxonomic family in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Japanese Spider Crab.
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