Japanese spider crab

I think they are edible. Here, crabby crabby crabby ...

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October 11th 2006
Fall, in my opinion, is the best season of the year. The official ‘autumn’ date falls on September 23, and Atlanta has been really comfortable for the past couple weeks, allowing people to catch some last summer sun before the temperature drops into freezing point. Leaves start to change color, squirrels continue on collecting acorns for upcoming dormant season and everybody moves in a slowe ... read more

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25th October 2010

marguerite Duncan
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spider crabs
Are spider crabs sometimes brown with spins on the shell? The ones I saw today on the Chesapeake Bay shore were kind of small about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. No legs or other body parts, just the main shell. Any guess what it is? I think it is a spider crab. Never saw one on our beach before. Thanks.

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