How deep does the Four-Horned Spider Crab live?

The Four-Horned Spider Crab (Pisa tetraodon) is typically found at to 100 m.

Four-Horned Spider Crab

Pisa tetraodon

Group: Crab
Typical depth: to 100 m

A spider crab of rocky and sandy bottoms down to about 100 metres, it dresses itself in scraps of living algae plucked from the seabed. The growth takes hold on its shell and turns the crab into a slow moving thicket that predators struggle to pick out.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107358.

FAQ

How deep does the Four-Horned Spider Crab live?: The Four-Horned Spider Crab (Pisa tetraodon) is typically found at to 100 m.