One enduring theory suggests that the aviator's remains were disposed of by coconut crabs on Nikumaroro.
The bizarre incident saw the man end up in hospital following his unique act of crustacean-based revenge.
The annual 'biblical' migration of bright red crabs on Christmas Island is a spectacle like no other on Earth.
A strange, scuttling 'humanoid' has been recorded in a video that has been doing the rounds this week.
Researchers have suggested that the aviator's remains were dragged off by coconut crabs after she died.
A hermit crab with an unusual taste in shells was recently filmed picking up a rather sinister alternative.
A Japanese spider crab was caught on film at SeaWorld San Diego shedding its shell like a suit of armor.
If the famed aviator really had crash-landed on the atoll of Nikumaroro, what happened to her remains ?
Fossilized droppings have revealed that some herbivorous dinosaurs occasionally snacked on seafood.
The huge terrestrial crab species can exert a pinching force greater than any other crustacean on Earth.
An old camera fished up from the bottom of the sea was found to contain some rather remarkable footage.
An Australian aquatic scientist has captured footage of the crustaceans congregating in Port Phillip Bay.
Researchers have recorded footage of thousands of small crabs moving en masse off the coast of Panama.
A new image of a rocky outcrop on the surface of Mars shows what looks like a large crab-like creature.
Vast quantities of small red crabs have been washing up along the west coast of the United States.
44-year-old PT Hirschfield captured the remarkable spectacle on camera near Melbourne, Australia.
A bizarre aerial photo showing what looks like a huge crustacean has been circulating the Internet.
Remarkable new close-up footage shows a large crab picking up a camera and carrying it in to its lair.
Family man John Canfield found something distinctly unusual on a home video he had recorded.
A massive crab has been rescued by a fisherman and is now on its way to a British aquarium.