Chionoecetes Pacificus
''Chionoecetes'' is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The genus ''Chionoecetes'' currently contains seven distinct species. Other names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab" – they are known by different names in different areas of the world. 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. General Snow crab are caught as far north as the Arctic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Greenland and north of Norway in the Atlantic Ocean, and across the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Japan, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, Norton Sound, and even as far south as California for ''Chionoecetes bairdi''. In 2019 the Norwegian Suprem ...
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Chionoecetes Bairdi
''Chionoecetes bairdi'' is a species of snow crab, alternatively known as bairdi crab and tanner crab. ''C. bairdi'' is closely related to ''Chionoecetes opilio'', and it can be difficult to distinguish ''C. opilio'' from ''C. bairdi''. Both species are found in the Bering Sea and are sold commercially under the name "Snow crab." Tanner crabs have suffered from overfishing and as a result strict controls have been placed on tanner crab fisheries. It was named by Mary Jane Rathbun, a Smithsonian employee who became one of the leading authorities on crab taxonomy. She named the crab for Spencer Baird, her mentor, who in the 1880s as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and head of the United States Fish Commission, had given her her first position. Biology Tanner crabs are considered a short-tailed or "true" crab. They are decapods with pincer claws on their frontmost pair of legs. They can live over a decade with most adults reaching by the time they reach adulthood, usual ...
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