Museum specimen of spiny Fossil Crab Charybdis from the Lower Pliocene of Bodjong formation, Java, Indonesia. The specimen preserves all the 8 the legs, spiny claws and carapace, natural on its matrix, not glued. Specimens that present all the legs are very uncommon for many reasons: Once the specimen dies, it disarticulates. The second reason is that local collectors, when extracting them from the matrix, ruin them regardless of the presence of the legs. In this specimen all the legs are present, many legs are complete up to the nail. "Post Mortem" the legs contract under the claws, this is the natural way all the fossil crabs are found. The matrix has been worked to show as more as possible of the specimen. Crab is 11,3 cm large from leg to leg. Carapace is 6 cm wide. Matrix is 14 x 7 cm . Both Claws are stunning, preserveing all the spines on merus and prodopus. A painstaking work of many days was necessary to expose this specimen and preserve all those tiny details on the claws and on legs. All the parts of the specimen are original, not a composition, not glued matrix, not pieces from other specimens. 100% original fossil. Note, on finger of the right claw left claw is partially glued as it broke during extraction. Metal base included. Rare museum specimen.