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Seven extant species are currently recognised in the genus: [5] Chionoecetes angulatus Rathbun, 1924 – triangle tanner crab. Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun, 1924 – tanner crab, bairdi, or inshore tanner crab. Chionoecetes elongatus Rathbun, 1924. Chionoecetes japonicus Rathbun, 1932 – beni-zuwai crab.
C. opilio was the only species in the genus at first, so it is the type species. Mary J. Rathbun described a subspecies, C. o. elongatus , in 1924. This is now generally recognised as a full species, Chionoecetes elongatus .
Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans . Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada ) and "spider crab". The generic name <i>Chionoecetes</i> means snow (χιών, <i>chion</i>) inhabitant (οἰκητης, <i>oiketes</i>); <i>opilio</i> means shepherd, and <i>C. opilio ...
Females have a maximum carapace width of only about 80-95 mm, and leg spans averaging 38 cm, while males may have a carapace width of up to 165 mm and leg spans of approximately 90 cm. On average, commercially caught males weigh 0.5-1.35 kg, while females weigh only 0.5 kg.
Chionoecetes opilio, also known as snow crab, is a predominantly epifaunal crustacean native to shelf depths in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and north Pacific Ocean. It is a well-known commercial species of Chionoecetes, often caught with traps or by trawling. Seven species are in the genus Chionoecetes, all of which bear the name 'snow crab'.
Only three species of Chionoecetes crabs (C. bairdi, C. tanneri, and C. angulatus) are found in British Columbia waters. Members of the genus Chionoecetes share many morphological, physiological and reproductive features.
More than 250 species, comprising 86 genera from all major fungal taxonomic groups except the Basidiomycotina, are recognized from aquatic animals worldwide. However, only some 50 of those genera include species considered to be significant aquatic-animal pathogens (Table 26.1).
