Blue king crab

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Name (Latin)
Blue king crab
Other forms of name
King crab, Blue
Paralithodes platypus
See Also From tracing topical name
Paralithodes
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q3933969
Library of congress: sh2010013388
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Pengilly, D. Harvest strategy for Kodiak and Bristol Bay red king crab and St. Matthew Island and Pribilof blue king crab, 1995.
  • Wikipedia, Aug. 30, 2010(The blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus, is a species of king crab which lives near St. Matthew Island, the Pribilof Islands, and the Diomede Islands, Alaska, with further populations along the coasts of Japan and Russia)
  • ITIS, Aug. 30, 2010(Paralithodes platypus - blue king crab)
  • NCBI taxonomy browser, Aug. 30, 2010(Paralithodes platypus (blue king crab))
  • 2008 FDA seafood list, via WWW, Aug. 30, 2010(Paralithodes platypus. Scientific common name: Blue King Crab. Approved market name: King Crab)
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Wikipedia description:

Paralithodes platypus, the blue king crab, is a species of king crab from cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas. They are generally smaller than red king crabs.

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