{{Short description|Species of crab}} {{Speciesbox | image = Epialtidae - Phalangipus longipes.JPG | image_caption = ''Phalangipus longipes'' | genus = Phalangipus | species = longipes | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms= *''Cancer arachnoides'' Linnaeus, 1758 *''Cancer lar'' Fabricius, 1793 *''Cancer longipes'' Linnaeus, 1758 }}
'''''Phalangipus longipes''''' is a species of crabs in the family Epialtidae.<ref>[http://www.eol.org/pages/4257677/overview Encyclopedia of life]</ref><ref>B. Chopra [http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s11/s11rbz079-088.pdf ON THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEA COLLECTED BY THE BENGAL PILOT SERVICE OFF THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER HOOGHLY]</ref>
==Description== The carapace of ''Phalangipus longipes'' is nearly as broad as long and can reach a length of one inch. The chelopoda are large and robust. Ambulatory legs are cylindrical, smooth, very long and slender. The first pair of leg is the longest, about six times of the length of the carapace. Body is light reddish above, mottled with white. Below it is white, with whitish feet, annulated with red.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35183722#page/17/mode/1up Smithsonian miscellaneous collections]</ref><ref>D. J. G. Griffin [http://research.nhm.org/pdfs/16438/16438.pdf A revision of the spider crabs of the genus Phalangipus (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majidae)]</ref>
The barnacles of the species ''Sacculina granulosa'' are parasitic castrators of these crabs.<ref name=AA>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441656 WoRMS]</ref>
==Distribution== This species is present in Northeastern and northern Australia, Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, west Malay Peninsula, Strait of Malacca, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47199695#page/67/mode/1up Memoirs of the Queensland Museum]</ref><ref>[http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=937 Marine species identification portal]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Liu J.Y. Ruiyu (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
==External links== * [https://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/tiere/3987_Phalangipus_longipes.htm Spinnenkrabbe]
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Category:Majoidea Category:Crustaceans described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Majoidea-stub}}