CRAB

Crab is a creature that is found residing, along side beaches, in almost all the countries of the world. It is omnivorous in nature and feeds on a diet comprising of algae, mollusks, worms, other crustaceans, fungi, bacteria and detritus, etc. Being crustaceans, of the infraorder Brachyura, crabs usually inhabit brackish water i.e. a mix of fresh and saline water. They greatly differ in size, depending upon the species, and go from being a few millimeters in size to having a leg span of up to 4 meters

Interesting facts about crabs.

• The teeth of a crab are in its stomach.
• The biggest crab till date was found in Maryland. It was a male and measured 9 inches.

• After losing its claw, a crab can grow it back.
• Crabs are also called decapods, since they have ten (deca) legs (pods). The first pair of legs is modified into claws, biologically known as chelae.
• Crabs are crustaceans i.e. unlike most of the other animals; they do not have an endoskeleton. Rather, they have an exoskeleton that acts like a shied for their body.
• Crabs are also arthropods i.e. they have segmented appendages, just like cockroach, butterfly, housefly, etc.
• Unlike most of the other creatures, crabs do not have separate thorax and abdomen. Rather, in most of the crabs, they are joined together and known as cephalothoraxes.

• The male crabs have narrow abdomens, while the female crabs have broader abdomens.

• Japanese Spider Crab can have a walking leg span of 3 to 4 m, which can go to 8 m when outstretched.
• Japanese Spider Crab is the oldest crab of the world and is also believed to be the most deep-living crab as well as the one with the longest lifespan.

• Hermit Crabs, King Crabs, Horseshoe Crabs and Porcelain Crabs are not true crabs. This is because they are not decapods.

                                                          Hermit Crab 

King Crab

 

Horseshoe Crab

Porcelain Crab

• Fiddler Crabs have a single large claw on one side, which they can raise in an action that looks similar to that of a person waving.

Fiddler Crab

• The most colorful crab in the world is probably the Sally Lightfoot Crab. It has red, orange, yellow and white colors.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

• The species of crab that is consumed the most in the world is the Japanese Blue Crab or the Horse Crab

Crab dishes is everyone favorite either it is steamed, baked or cooked with variety of sauce.

Recently I try the crab at Oriental Seafood and I would give a recommendation for it.  I try their 'Kam Heong Crab" and I would definitely going back there again to try other type of crab. Moreover the service is good especially their waiters and waitress are friendly.

Oriental Seafood Restaurant

Kam Heong Crab

Beside these variety of crab dishes, crab porridge is also a must try meal especially during the rainy day.

Talking about crab and the pictures of crab dishes make me feel hungry, think I should have crab porridge for my dinner.