Chionoecetes
Sign in to saveChionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Species
ズワイガニ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyOregoniidae
Habitatmarine
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- General
- Species
- Culinary use
- Food web position and importance
- Life history stages and vulnerabilities
- Population decline in the Bering Sea
- Theories regarding decline
- Bering Sea climatic impacts on snow crab
- References
- External links
Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab". The generic name Chionoecetes means snow (, ') inhabitant (, '); '' means shepherd, and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab. Marketing strategies, however, employ snow crab for any species in the genus Chionoecetes. The name "snow crab" refers to their being commonly found in cold northern oceans.