Common name of Chionoecetes opilio
 
Common Name Snow crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. Hansen, H.S.B., 2015
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'crab', from Old English 'crabba'; from Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'; and perhaps from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e. 'to carve'.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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