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Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Despite its name, the great spider crab is actually smaller than the more common European spider crab. A pear-shaped crab with a pointed face, the great spider crab has long, spindly legs like a ...

They also live around the northern Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to “true crabs,” which are ...

St Piran’s will often use a variety of empty sea snail shells to make their home, including flat periwinkle, dog whelk and sting winkle. They are much shyer than the common hermit crab and will often ...