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  2. Soft-shell crab - Wikipedia

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    Soft-shelled blue crabs in New Orleans, Louisiana Three soft-shell crabs, ready for preparation, and cooking. Soft-shell crab is a culinary term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft. [1] Soft-shells are removed from the water as soon as they molt or, preferably, just before to prevent any hardening of ...

  3. Loxorhynchus grandis - Wikipedia

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    Like most other crabs, this species solves this issue by periodically molting its shell. It first forms a soft shell inside the existing exoskeleton. It then opens a slit at the rear of the carapace and backs out of the old shell. The new, soft shell is then vigorously inflated with water and it hardens at this inflated size.

  4. Dungeness crab - Wikipedia

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    Once outside the old shell the soft new shell will fill with water and the crab will become 15-25% bigger than its original size. [3] During the first few weeks after molting, the crab is very vulnerable due to the softness of its shell; the shell will not fully harden for two months after molting. [ 3 ]

  5. File:Softshell crab are- in-season.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. Soft-shell crabs return to Asheville restaurants for limited ...

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    In the retail market, soft-shell crabs are $11 each or six for $60. While the lunch special is available until supplies run out, the retail crabs are available frozen in the market year-round ...

  7. Hermit crab - Wikipedia

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    A hermit crab emerges from its shell, Coenobita perlatus Outside its shell, the soft, curved abdomen of hermit crabs, such as Pagurus bernhardus, is vulnerable. Hermit crab species range in size and shape, from species only a few millimeters long to Coenobita brevimanus (Indos Crab), which can approach the size of a coconut and live 12–70 years.

  8. Crab fisheries - Wikipedia

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    Edible crabs are exploited commercially throughout their range. It is illegal to catch crabs of too small a size around the coast of Britain, a conservation measure brought in the 1870s. Crabs with a shell diameter of less than 100 mm should not be taken. Cancer pagurus [13] Metacarcinus magister

  9. Purple shore crab - Wikipedia

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    The body of the purple shore crab is divided into two major components, the cephalothorax and the abdomen. A small crab, H. nudus reaches sizes of approximately 4.0–5.6 centimetres (1.6–2.2 in) in width and approximately 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) in length.

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