SPINY SPIDER CRAB
MAIA SQUINADO
Fig 1
DESCRIPTION: Carapace length can be up to 18cm and is wider at the rear than the front.  The edges are spiny and the upper surface is also covered with smaller spines and bristles that various weeds are attached to so as to aid camouflage.  All legs are bristly except the slightly elongated front pair.  The overall colouring of this remarkable creature is of a reddish-orange to reddish-brown. DISTRIBUTION: All coasts. HABITAT: On lower shore on sand among rocks. BEST TIME TO SEE: All year round.

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