(Raudøya - Sør-Trøndelag / 21 meters / 6.08.2003)

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Crustacea

Subclass: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Suborder: Pleocyemata

Infraorder: Brachyura

 

Norwegian: krabber

Most people growing up along a coastline have a eaten them, many have caught them as kids, some find them disgusting, others love them. Most of us have some sort of relationship to them.  One reason is the availability. Many of the crabs are found in the tidal zone. Thirty different species are registered along the coast of Norway.

In contrast to the king crabs the real crabs have a fully developed fifth pair of legs. The carapace is usually wider than long.