09 June 2020

Tuesday Crustie: Looks big

This is a rubble crab. But it has a cool sounding Latin name: Daldorfia horrida.

Rubble crab, Daldorfia horrida

It is apparently the inspiration for one of the lesser known monsters in the Toho universe, Ganimes!

Ganimes, crab monster

From Space Amoeba (1970). No, Ganimes is not the title monster. Even monster movies know the difference between an amoeba and a crustacean.

How did I go this long not knowing there was a crab kaiju?

D. horrida picture from here.

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