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Topic: What kind a crab is this? |
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Sergio
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Hi all.
Does anybody know what kind of crab it is?
It's been caught near Bowen Island.
Never seen like the one before.
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Sergio
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Sergio
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seacaster
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It looks like a regular crab you would catch and keep on the coast but it seems to be an over grown with sea plants and barnacles regular dungenous crab
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exkamiflyfisher
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hmm that's a wierd lookin crustacean. my try contacting the DFO? perhaps an invasive species they would want to know about...
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fishermanfrank
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it looks like a BOX crab but not 100% sure
did you eat it????
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Sergio
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I didn't. Just sent photos to DFO. Waiting for the reply.
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shizzyisback
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trippy lookin lil guy almost a morphed rock crab..any word..?
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Gecko
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It's a Puget Sound King Crab. You don't want to be caught with that in you cooking pot. Nice find for Bowen area. I have dove that area for years and never seen one there.
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Edzzed
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looks like you might be right. Ed
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archives_2/vidwyeth2.htm http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Arthropoda/Crustacea/Malacostraca/Eumalacostraca/Eucarida/Decapoda/Anomura/Family_Lithodidae/Lopholithodes_mandtii.html
http://www.seaotter.com/marine/research/lopholithodes/mandtii/html/2mandtii.jpg.html
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exkamiflyfisher
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what did you end up doing with the crab???
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shizzyisback
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yup, puget king it is..but y not keep it..must b tastey if its a king species.???
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Ritchie Blackmore Junior
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maybe it was an illegaly released invasive species.
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Louis Vuitton
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Wow, haven't been on this site in forever (it got really bad and nasty a while ago- hopefully it's cleaned up a bit).
Looking at the photo, I would have to say that it is a Puget Sound King Crab. We have some of them at the Vancouver Aquarium where I teach Intertidal Marine Biology to highschool and elementary school kids.
The only thing that I find different about it is that it appears to have some softer texture to it, similar to a Sharpnose or Heart Crab (though those crabs are considerably smaller by a long shot).
Interesing find though. Post the answer when you hear back from the DFO.
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Louis Vuitton
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The only thing that is making me question if it is a Puget Sound King is the colouration. Thought I'm sure it varies greatly depending on location and habitat, the PSKC's we have at the Vancouver Aquarium are a rich deep purple countershaded with bright oranges and creams.
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Gecko
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It's a PKC. I have been diving for 20 years and I have seen a few. I also spent some time volunteering with DFO and the Vancouver Aquarium so I don't think it is an new crab for this area based on my exp. From what I can see in the pictures it has a stong develpoment of seaweed on it. This can be caused by spending more time in the shallows when searching for food. The seaweed will give the shell a strong red pigment. This is an OLD post!but at least there is no..........being said. ha-ha.Welsome back louis.
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treble
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Davis
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That is the strangest crab i have ever seen thanks for the pic!
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badcat
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I'm just wandering where it says that the crab was kept and not released??? Maybe you can point it out, treble?
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