Gibb's Sea Spider

Pisa armata

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 1–500 m

A spider crab clad in spines and often draped with bits of weed and debris for camouflage, this species creeps over rock and weedy muddy sand. It ranges from just below the surface down to about five hundred metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Epialtidae › Pisa

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107353.