This member of the Arthropod Phylum (right) was caught in the Pacific and presently makes it home in the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, Great Britain. The Japanese Spider Crab is considered a delicacy and hunted seasonally in crab fisheries in the Pacific.
It is growing stronger and bigger everyday and currently measures in at approximately 10' across and could grow to 15 feet in leg span. These somewhat lethargic predators in the briny deep inhabit depths up to 8 ,000 feet or more.
The beast on the top left is another member of the jointed-legged Arthropod Phylum, and is called an isopod, and inhabits the deep realms of the ocean bottom as well. This crustacean pictured above is approximately one foot in length.
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