A Large Tasmanian Crab

Abstract

I AM sending you a photograph of a large crab (Psilocramum gigas), caught in the Tasmanian waters during the present month. The crab weighed 30 lbs. It is one of the largest that has been caught in these waters. We have several specimens in the Tasmanian Museum weighing from 16 to 22 lbs. They are generally caught by the fishermen in very deep water, from fifteen to thirty fathoms, while fishing for the fish known as the Tasmanian Trumpeter (Latris hecateia).