If a crab and Mr Tickle had a child , it would look just like enceinte Daddy . An intimidating crustacean , he was named after a British wrestler of the same name ( whose tangible name , fantastically , was Shirley Crabtree Jr ) and book the record for the widest crustacean in imprisonment ever .

Measuring 3.11 meters ( 10.25 feet ) claw - to - claw , theJapanese wanderer crabalso took the crown for the longest branch on a crab ever , stretch 1.43 meter ( 4.85 feet ) . The leggy crustacean narrowly ward off an former death at a Japanese Pisces the Fishes mart and instead was scooped up by a Sea Life illustration who transfer him to a cold - piss tank in Blackpool , England .

His foresighted spirit came to an remnant in 2016 when he go on at the age of 80 , remembered by Displays Curator Scott Blacker as being “ more like a member of the family than just an brute in our care , ” he toldGuinness World Records . “ He was distinctly a very elderly crab , and it seems he had simply reached the end of his instinctive lifespan . ”

Japanese spider Crab ( Macrocheira kaempferi)can live50 to 100 years , but their leg bear on originate well after their consistence stop over . This is because their body – or carapace , as it ’s called for crabs – does n’t get any larger after they reach maturity , but those lank gams just wo n’t quit .

Their Japanese name , taka - ashi - gani , think of “ tall pegleg crabby person ” , and it pretty much hits the nail on the head . While the organic structure usually stops at about 40 centimetre ( 16 inches ) across , their legs can grow to several meters .

Long leg assist them to get around and reach alga and flora within scrape distances . They also pry open shellfish shells , and pick upsea spongestostick on their shellsas a means of camouflage .

Japanese wanderer crabs are rarely project in the wild because they pass most of their time in the cryptic sea , hanging out around vent . However , springtime is couple time , and they ’ll brave the journeying to shallower water system in hopes of finding a mate .

It ’s a perilous journey , and one that was made far more dangerous by fishers , but a ban has been localize on catch them during mating season in response to a dwindle away wild population . Fingers pass over the activity taken will allow many more Big pappa to prepare out in the wild .