Article Nº 0252 Marine invertebrate Vol. I · pp. 144–145
Aranha do mar (Plagusia clavimanus)
A decapod crab of the Madeiran shore used as bait for wrasse; the name is also given to deeper-water spider crabs of the genus Stenorynchus.
A decapod crustacean of the shores of these islands, which lives under the stones exposed at low tide. It is a bait much sought after by fishermen for catching wrasse (bodião). The name ‘sea spiders’ is also given to certain triangular crustaceans of the genus Stenorynchus, which live in deeper water and are vomited up by the garoupa, the requeime and other fish at the moment the fisherman frees them from the hook of his tackle.