Showing Food Red king crab
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Name | Red king crab | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Paralithodes camtschaticus | ||||||||||
Description | The red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m, and is heavily targeted by fisheries. Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 28 cm (11 in) and a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). It was named after the color it turns when it is cooked rather than the color of a living animal, which tends to be more burgundy. The king crab is native to the Bering Sea, north Pacific Ocean, around the Kamchatka Peninsula and neighboring Alaskan waters. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00285 | ||||||||||
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Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Crustaceans | ||||||||||
Taxonomy | |||||||||||
Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
Phylum | Arthropoda | ||||||||||
Class | Malacostraca | ||||||||||
Order | Decapoda | ||||||||||
Family | Lithodidae | ||||||||||
Genus | Paralithodes | ||||||||||
Species | camtschaticus | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | 97935 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Paralithodes camtschaticus | ||||||||||
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Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. |