The "Big Daddy" of all crabs-the giant spider crab-was long thought to live only in the waters around Japan. But in recent years these gargantuan creatures have also been discovered in the seas off Taiwan. The Crab Museum has a pair of giant spider crabs with 160-centimeter leg spans, which were caught off northern Ilan.
螃蟹老大──體型最大的甘氏巨螯蟹一直被視為日本國寶，近年台灣海域也發現牠的芳蹤，螃蟹館裡，就有一對雙腳張開超過一百六十公分的巨螯蟹標本來自宜蘭北方。