Status: No status listed on IUCN or CITES. Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:Malacostraca Order:Decapoda Family:Inachidae Genus:Macrochaeira Species:kaempferi Previous PostLongspine snipefish Next PostThreadfin snapper
Malacostrata are Crustaceans, and the Crustaceans are grouped together with spiders, insects, millipedes and scorpions into a phylum called theArthropods. So, the Japanese Spider Crab, as well as being the world’s largest Arthropod, is also The world’s largestCrustacean, The world’s largest ...