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It lives on shallow sandy or muddy bottoms, less than 50 m deep, where it feeds on seaweeds and predates upon small fish, worms and bivalves. The carapace may reach 15 cm (5.9 in) wide, and 7 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) from front to back.
The imperial bushel established by the Weights and Measures Act 1824 described the bushel as the volume of 80 avoirdupois pounds of distilled water in air at 62 °F (17 °C) [citation needed] or 8 imperial gallons. [1] This is the bushel in some use in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is no distinction between liquid and dry measure in the ...
Indeed, the bushel, the best-known unit of dry measure as the quoted unit in commodity markets, is a unit of mass in those contexts. Conversely, the ton used in specifying tonnage and in freight calculations is often a volume measurement rather than a mass measurement.
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[7] [4] At these ages, maximum female size can be up to 7 in (180 mm) and maximum male size up to 9 in (230 mm). [9] [4] M. magister prefers to eat clams, other crustaceans, and small fish, but is also an effective scavenger. [3] [4] Their scavenging habits can even lead them to eat other Dungeness. [9]
Crab meat is low in fat and provides approximately 340 kilojoules (82 kcal) of food energy per 85-gram (3 oz) serving. Brown crab ( Cancer pagurus ), blue crabs ( Callinectes sapidus ), blue swimming crabs ( Portunus pelagicus ), and red swimming crabs ( Portunus haanii ) are among the most commercially available species of crabmeat globally.
Jillian graciously kept several deep-sea spiny crabs and three deep-sea red crabs for our tanks at the Oceanarium. They are a sweet, tasty crab making the rounds of the restaurants.
The meat of Atergatis floridus, like that of many related crab species from the family Xanthidae is toxic.The toxins are synthesised by bacteria of the genus Vibrio which live in symbiosis with the crab and the poisons are one similar to those found in puffer fish, i.e. tetrodotoxin, and also saxitoxin which is the primary toxin involved in paralytic shellfish poisoning.