Their distribution areas were also different.
King crabs were mainly found in the cold deep waters of the Bering Strait and southeastern Alaska.
Spider crabs, on the other hand, mainly came from cold waters such as the northern Pacific Ocean off North America, as well as the deep waters of the Bering Sea and Sea of Japan.
Most importantly, their physical characteristics differed.
King crabs had only three pairs of legs plus a pair of claws, and all their legs bent backward.
Spider crabs resembled spiders in appearance and could weigh around ten pounds.
Ye Yuan had occasionally caught spider crabs like these during previous trips out to sea.
But this was the first time he had seen a crab swarm on such a scale.
His perception spread through the seabed sand, and the densely packed swarm of spider crabs made his scalp prickle.
Shouldn't these creatures have lived in the deep waters of the Sea of Japan?
Why were there so many swarms of spider crabs here?
Although he could not figure out the reason.
Spider crabs were living creatures, after all.
And with those long legs, they were especially good at traveling.
Even if they appeared here, it was not exactly something earth-shattering.
More importantly, the waters the Yushui Hao was currently sailing through.
Were indeed close to the Sea of Japan.
Finding large numbers of spider crabs here was not entirely unacceptable.
As he watched the spider-like crabs crawling along the seafloor.
Goosebumps suddenly rose all over Ye Yuan's body.
If there was one creature Ye Yuan feared most?
The answer was spiders.
He remembered one night when he was a child, when he got up to use the bathroom.
He discovered a spider the size of an adult's thumbnail crawling across his face.
When Ye Yuan