A single, boiled, cooked male, or cock, European spider crab, Maja brachydactyla, displayed on a wooden chopping board. It was caught in a drop net

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A single, boiled, cooked male, or cock, European spider crab, Maja brachydactyla, displayed on a wooden chopping board. It was caught in a drop net baited with fish that had been lowered off a pier. The european spider crab found in Atlantic waters is named Maja brachydactyla while those found in the Mediterranean which appear very similar are named Maja squinado. Dorset England UK GB

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