Malouin country.
And she is not the only one to have been recently found in Brittany: no later than last week another spider was found near Lorient. The latter will probably be given to an aquarium in the future.
Why this color?
The color of the spiders' shell is determined by two pigments. If it is a special color, it probably comes from an imbalance. These are called astaxanthine and crustacyanine. The first gives the color red-orange and the second the blue color. The latter is destroyed with heat. The overproduction of one of the two pigments or a defect from the other can lead to this kind of phenomenon.
You should know that this is a specificity that lobsters can also present. According to the BBC the probability of finding a lobster with colored differences would be around one in two million.
Wedding spider lifestyle
The one also called it araigny crab is one of the largest crustaceans in Europe. His learned name, meanwhile, is Maja Brachydactyla. The lifespan of sea spiders extends from 5 to 8 years. It is necessary for him to migrate to the ribs to reproduce.
The shape of their thorny red shell is almost perfectly round. Their physique, meanwhile, is made up of ten legs and that of the male of two colossal pliers which distinguish it from the female. In Europe, it is mainly possible to fish for sea spiders in the Mediterranean and in the North Atlantic.
