Near ThreatenedRabbitfish
Chimaera monstrosa
Malacostracans · Decapoda · Cancridae
Cancer pagurus
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
It supports the largest crab fishery in western Europe. Berried females stay buried without feeding through the whole incubation, and are protected by law from being taken.
Weight
500 g – 3 kg
Size
10 cm – 25 cm
Life expectancy
27 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: ResearchGate (Skagerrak Kattegat maturity study) · Animalia.bio · ICES Journal of Marine Science · ScienceDirect (Scottish waters maturity study) · MarLIN · SeaLifeBase · iNaturalist · PMC (electronic tags migration study)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 20 of 42.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Edible Crab — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about edible crab.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
