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What is this kind of crab called? It is similar to a king crab but has shorter legs.

As shown in the picture, The Spiny king crab’s scientific name?

Lithodidae, Paralithodes, decapod arthropods

Part 2 The picture shows the short-legged stone crab Paralithodes brevipes?

It is huge in size, and the male is larger than the female. The carapace is thick, shaped like a spider crab, nearly pentagonal, with many sharp spines of varying sizes on the back and edges. The abdomen is folded under the cephalothorax. The female crab's abdomen is round, larger on the left and smaller on the right. The 2nd to 5th abdominal limbs only exist on the left side; the abdomen of male crabs is smaller, triangular, each section is symmetrical, and there are no abdominal limbs. It has a spiny body and only eight legs on the surface, but the last two legs are actually hidden in the gaps behind the carapace.

Distributed in the North Pacific Ocean, including the Nemuro area of ??Hokkaido, Japan (formerly known as the Hanasaki area). Local specialty cooking methods include crab meat miso soup made with the shells in, called "tepao juice."