What is Spider crab?
The name '''spider crab''' is used to refer to a [[species]] of [[crab]] in the [[family|superfamily]] [[Majoidea]]. See [[crab spider]] for [[spider]]s of the [[Crab spider|Thomisidae]] [[Family (biology)|family]]. *The [[Japanese spider crab]] (''Macrocheira kaempferi''), is the largest living species of crab, and is found on the bottom on the [[Pacific ocean]]. *The [[Portly spider crab]] (''Libinia emarginata''), is a species of crab found in the [[Estuary|estuarine]] areas on the east coast of [[North America]]. *''[[Hyas]]'' is a [[genus]] of spider crabs, and contains the [[Great spider crab]] (''Hyas araneus'') which is found in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], and the [[North Sea]]. {{disambiguation}}