Long-legged crab

Latin: Inachus dorsettiensis

Size:

Shell length 30mm, width 27mm

Levested:

All bottom types from 5 to 110 m

Distribution:

From South Africa and along much of the eastern Atlantic Ocean north to Nord-Trøndelag. Mediterranean Sea.

Food:

Small invertebrates and scavengers

Facts about long-legged crab

The females have claws that are just barely longer than the shell, while the males' claws are almost twice as long.

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