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Definition of Macrocheira kaempferi
1. Noun. Very large deep-water Japanese crab.
Generic synonyms: Spider Crab
Group relationships: Genus Macrocheira, Macrocheira
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrocheira Kaempferi
Literary usage of Macrocheira kaempferi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Huge Spider Crab—Macrocheira kaempferi—taken off the Coast of Japan, largest ever
captured. Length from tip of Claws 15 to 16 feet. ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"... the present note must be included, and will take equal rank with the Giant
Spider-Crab of Japan (Macrocheira kaempferi) and the great' Seraphim' of the ..."
3. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1870)
"From Colonel J, E. G as tr ell, a very fine specimen of Macrocheira kaempferi,
from Japan, and a specimen of a large Ostrea, also from Japan. 3. ..."