'Monster' crab

Jul 3 2008

A giant crab with a shell 12in wide has been caught by a diver off the UK coast.

The crustacean, weighing 17lb and with a claw span of 9in, was found by diver Paul Worsley, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, during a recent diving trip in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

Douglas Lanfear, who runs the dive boat Blue Turtle, said he was amazed at the size of the crab: "It was truly a monster."