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Alaskan Snow Crab
Alaskan Snow Crab, are famously known as, Opilio crab, (famously known from the T.V.show "The Deadliest
Catch"), queen crab or tanner crab, depending on which area of the map you are from.
There are four species of Snow Crab, two species in the Alaskan water, the Chinonocecetes opilio and the C.bairdi. The Alaskan Snow Crab are mainly caught by Commercial fishermen fishing in the Bering Sea waters and the Chukchi Sea. Much of the crabs from there go to Japan. Their habitat, is in real cold waters. Like other crustaceans (shell fish), Snow Crab grow by molting when they shed their exterior, (shell/exo-skeleton). Then they grow tissue to fill each new, larger exo-skeleton. They molt several times per year when they are young but only once per year when they get larger and mature. The average snow crab weighs between 2 and 4 pounds.
Snow Crab Season
Life Span of Snow Crab
Reproduction of Snow Crab Females have high reproductive potential and may produce up to several hundreds of thousands of eggs per year. However, when they stop growing, they molt one last time after reaching maturity. Their carapace width rarely grows beyond 3 inches. The male snow crab, however, can live up to 14 years and can reach up to 6 inches carapace width.
Distinguished Alaskan Snow Crab If you ever watch "The Deadliest Catch" that runs on the History Channel, you will notice the difference between the two, King Crab and the Oplilio Crab, or Queen Crab. Both are very large crab, but when they catch a full pot of King they may only have 60 or 80 (average, they hope!) in their pots. But in a full pot of the opilio (snow) crab, they may have more than 200 in a pot. With this said, they are still relatively smaller than the Alaskan King Crab. If you would like to know how to cook crab legs, click here. Crab-O-Licious.com will show you how to clean crab and how to cook crab legs. Plus, you'll find a lot of great snow crab recipes here as well. See more types of crab.
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