Spider Crab Anatomy - Scientific Illustration & Marine Biology Guide #2140570 (License: Personal Use)

This precise line-drawing illustrates a spider crab’s anatomical features, including its triangular carapace, stalked compound eyes, and eight slender, spiny legs adapted for camouflage and slow movement across seabeds. The ventral view reveals mouthparts, chelipeds, and abdominal structure, rendered with fine cross-hatching typical of 19th-century natural history publications. Such illustrations were essential before modern photography for taxonomic classification and educational reference.

Used in marine biology textbooks, museum exhibits, and academic articles to teach crustacean morphology; targets students, researchers, and nature enthusiasts seeking accurate visual references for identification and study.