Doctor Mud Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Having found my biggest crab yet, I was very curious about how big the Tumidocarcinus giganteus gets. It sure lives up to the species name giganteus! @Dave (POM) Allen has found a massive claw, the biggest I’ve seen. Could be from a huge crab too, but I’ve seen some really massive claws that are way out of proportion with the crab. I’ll have to dig out the photo from my computer when I’m home, but I have an amazing example of this. The Canterbury museum has the biggest specimen - complete crab I’ve seen There it is near some normal sized (but still much larger than Washington) crabs. I didn’t have any measurements on it, but when I visited Al Mannering to do some prep he had a replica and I asked if I could take some photos for reference. Check it out! Andrew Fear who is another regular Tumido collector has found this guy Don’t have any scale on it, but it is impressive! Love to see any other large examples, or even the other end of the spectrum like @RJB tiny Tim the Tumido 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 3:25 AM, Doctor Mud said: The Canterbury museum has the biggest specimen - complete crab I’ve seen I was there in Christchurch 11 years ago and went there to see this crab. It was closed due to reconstruction because of the earthquake!!! Talk about bad timing! Dang!!! My largest and smallest Tumido's. Tiny Tim and Big George. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Man! Those are some humdingers!! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Man! Those are some humdingers!! Humdingers,,,,, aroo!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Yip! Yip! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 No Tumido but big crab for sure Necronectes from miocene of Malta 2 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 18 hours ago, RJB said: I was there in Christchurch 11 years ago and went there to see this crab. It was closed due to reconstruction because of the earthquake!!! Talk about bad timing! Dang!!! Sorry you missed out Ron, guess arriving after is better than being there during! The crab is very impressive in person and it was nice to see a replica. interested to know if they still have the mold. I’d live one too! How big is your big boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 8 hours ago, caterpillar said: No Tumido but big crab for sure Necronectes from miocene of Malta Nice! What are the dimensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 The carapace is 20cm And you can see the end of the ruler at the bottom right (30cm) http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 4:30 PM, RJB said: I was there in Christchurch 11 years ago and went there to see this crab. It was closed due to reconstruction because of the earthquake!!! Talk about bad timing! Dang!!! My largest and smallest Tumido's. Tiny Tim and Big George. wow... was it already 11 years ago you went to NZ? I remember it like it was only ten years ago. These are some pretty impressive crabs on this page. I have some really small ones from France I collected with caterpillar 6 yrs ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 3 hours ago, caterpillar said: The carapace is 20cm And you can see the end of the ruler at the bottom right (30cm) Sorry! Didn’t see the ruler there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 13 hours ago, jpc said: I have some really small ones from France I collected with caterpillar 6 yrs ago. And you can come to collect others if you want http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 6 hours ago, caterpillar said: And you can come to collect others if you want I will. Je ne sais pas exactement quand, mais ca viendra... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 You're welcome http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Yes ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 @caterpillar, Thats one Monster of a crab!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 3:36 PM, RJB said: @caterpillar, Thats one Monster of a crab!!! RB Yes... I knew it 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 15/11/2019 at 4:17 PM, caterpillar said: You're welcome Let me know, please, this time no job, I have time for friends http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 No problem http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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