What is a brown crab?

brown crab, or pagurus cancer, is also known as edible crab. It comes to life mainly shallow waters in the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. Fishing in the British Isles relies on a brown crab for most of its commercial store. Europeans are the main consumers of this tasty crustacean. The shell of young brown crabs is purple brown and when it reaches maturity, it is reddish brown. Like all crustaceans, brown crab moths as it grows, and releases its shell to suit new growth. After the old carapace is creep, the new shell remains soft for several days and leaves the crab in a vulnerable state until it taps.

Mature brown crabs can measure a wide leg (30 cm) and weigh £ 6.6 (3 kg). The brown crab has 10 legs and an average life of 15 years, while some edible crabs are known to live for 20 years. He has two eyes on the stems and moves sideways.

Wn Brobecs are night, hiding between the stones during the day and then appear at night. Brown crab claws are forcesNo and can easily crush shells of molluscs and crustaceans that make up most of his diet. His main predator is an octopus.

female edible crabs will plunge into the bottom of the sand sea and stay there for about five months to wait for their eggs to hatch. A female brown crab can produce up to 20,000 eggs at once. The newly hatched larvae carry on the water as small organisms known as plankton. They are the prey of shrimp, fish, whales, crustaceans and other creatures that eat plankton, while youthful crabs are consumed by sea birds.

brown crab is usually caught in a bait trap called crab pot. It is a square wire frame with one or more entrances. The crab can easily crawl the holes to get to eat, but the tpot is designed to be impossible for the crab to return.

In some parts of the world, Brown Crabmeat is considered a delicacy. Claws contain white meat while mASO in the body is brown. Crabit has a high protein content and low fat and calorie content. It is nutritious, it is a source of essential fatty acids and other nutrients that include potassium, phosphorus, iron and zinc. Crack also provides calcium, magnesium, selenium and vitamins B12 and C.