king crabs
Leg-meat delicacies
King crabs are large crustaceans prized as seafood, with long spiny legs and a fan-shaped body.
The Alaskan king crab fishery is famously dangerous and lucrative.
King crab also refers to horseshoe crabs, ancient marine arthropods with a hard domed shell and spiked tail—not true crabs despite the name.
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
- Bering SeaNorth Pacific marginal sea
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
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- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- crustaceansprawn, lobster, lobsters, shrimp, shrimps
- seafloor lifesea cucumber, sea cucumbers, sea urchin, sea urchins, sand dollar
- shell-eaterssea otters, walruses, eagle rays, nurse sharks, wolffish
size/prestige in seafood
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Small marine crustaceans
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