What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Giant crab spiders are among the largest in Arizona. The fact that a 5-inch leg span almost seems small compared to the ...

The giant Japanese spider crab. This is the biggest crab in the world. ANDY TORBET:Their bodies can grow as big as a basketball, and their leg span, from tip to tip, can be up to 4 metres.