The biggest crab in the world, the Japanese spider crab, is capable of achieving a leg span of more than 13 feet (4 meters) across. Read on to get better acquainted with the Japanese spider crab ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

A fun-size crustacean with a cartoonish face has smitten the internet with enamored viewers dubbing the critter the “cutest crab in the world.” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...