#4476 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Long-legged Spider Crab
🇳🇱 Hooiwagenkrab ·Macropodia rostrata
🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Bodø Municipality, Norway
📍 Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES
📍 Torbay, UK
📍 Nederland
📍 Torbay, UK
📍 Rodgers Quay, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, GB
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Vsevolod Rudyi · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. Bodø Municipality, Norway:© Vsevolod Rudyi · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES:© Lewis Flockton · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Torbay, UK:© tamsynmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Nederland:© Matthias van den dries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Torbay, UK:© WPT Wildlife · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Rodgers Quay, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, GB:© red-poppy · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Macropodia rostrata , common names, the common spider crab , long-legged spider crab , long-legged crab , is a species of marine crab in the family Inachidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #41 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
- 833 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Long-legged Spider Crab
- Nederlands
- Hooiwagenkrab
- scientific name
- Macropodia rostrata
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Inachidae
- sightings in NL
- 19
- sightings in Europe
- 144
- sightings worldwide
- 833
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,555
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Inachidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363943, Wikidata Q2338206, GBIF 5178697, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.