Yep, it's a horseshoe crab
I think
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab
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Dave the Mighty, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 12:38,
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No, I have got it.
(Thank you to Pops for this link) www.glaucus.org.uk/spider.htm
I think we have a winner. The girls will be very pleased as they have a (still spiny) spider crab shell which is from a specimen we ate, and will be able to compare.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 12:42,
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So it is!
That's awesome that is; I am most jealous
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Dave the Mighty, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 12:47,
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It's the flap remains,
so it's the underside, which means that the actual crab must have been mahussive.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 12:47,
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not that much bigger....
the exco-skeleton is alive like our skin and changes colour to suit enviroment, now its dead its just whiteish...
the meat was on the inside..
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war3n3xt < I'm with stupid, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 13:07,
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Oh no, it's just a small section of the underside of the female:
www.tnaqua.org/Newsroom/HighRes/SpiderCrab_popup.jpg
The flap at the bottom of that image.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 19:24,
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There are pictures (through the link)
with rulers, it is bigger than an ant, but smaller than my bathroom.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 12:42,
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