Crab is one of many crustaceans that has various habitat such as ocean, fresh water, and land. Its body is covered with exoskeleton and it also has a pair of claw. There are more than 850 million species of crab that you can find in all around the world. But, they will be mainly found in the tropical and sub tropical places. Crab has various beautiful color and shape that you even never imagine before. The beauty of color is mostly owned by the land crab. And the various shape of crab is mostly owned by the ocean crab. And in here I’d like to share you with about some types of ocean crab.
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1. Red Sea Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
Then, in the sea they live in the depth between 200 m – 2000 m, they live behind the shade because they can die because of the heat from the direct sunlight. Even if they could die because of the direct sunlight, the red sea crab is found to be more active during the daytime. This type of crab is feed on sea stars, clams, mussels, plankton, and etc.
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2. Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
Their body could reach its length up to 40 cm with its weight up to 19 kg. They like to live in the vents and holes in the sea with the depth between 50 m – 600 m. Their live span is claimed could reach up to 100 years. Their big an strong claw is claimed could cause some serious injuries.
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3. Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
Meanwhile, in the wild they can live up to 3 years. Since blue crab is an omnivore, it eat almost everything including mussels, snails, plant, fish, and even smaller blue crab. What is interesting about this crab is that it only has six legs.
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4. King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
The king crab is known as a well adapt crab with the environment even with the changes of salinity level. They are also an omnivore so they will feed on any decaying organic matter and invertebrates.
5. Red Frog Crab (Ranina ranina)
On the other hand, Red frog crab is found to be more active during the night (nocturnal) and they bury their self with the sand during the day.
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6. Bairdi Crab (Chionoecetes baird)
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7. European Spider Crab (Maja squinado)
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8. Atlantic Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus)
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9. Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)
You can find this crab in the west coast of North America. They live in the sea bottom and eelgrass beds. its length could reach up to 20 cm. It has five legs and it usually bury their self inside the sand when they feel threatened. They feed on clams, crustaceans, and small fish. The crab it self usually molt in May to August.
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10. Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis)
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11. Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes mandtii)
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12. Flattop Crab (Petrolisthes eriomerus)
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13. Graceful Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis)
Pacific Ocean is a place where you can find this crab. They prefer to live around the eelgrass bed, in sand and mud, and also pillings. They can be found in the depth up to 174 m. This crabs can grows up to 9 cm in width. This fish is also known as slender crab. They feed on small fish and their predator are giant octopus, seastar Astropecten verrelli, starry flounder, and staghorn sculpin.
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14. Heart Crab
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15. Horseshoe Crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
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So that is some of many types of ocean crab that I’d like to share you with, hopefully this article help you to know more about the types of ocean crabs. Thank you for reading this article until the end which means you are attracted to many types of ocean crab. Don’t forget to keep reading and following our website for the newest and updated information about deep ocean.
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