How deep does the Slender Spider Crab live?

The Slender Spider Crab (Macropodia tenuirostris) is typically found at 9–300 m.

Slender Spider Crab

Macropodia tenuirostris

Group: Crab
Typical depth: 9–300 m

This spider crab has impossibly long, thin legs and a small pear shaped body, often draped in bits of weed and hydroid for camouflage. It haunts estuaries and clumps of branching sertularellan hydroids in shallow coastal water down to about 300 metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Inachidae › Macropodia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107346.

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How deep does the Slender Spider Crab live?: The Slender Spider Crab (Macropodia tenuirostris) is typically found at 9–300 m.