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Cuisine Foundations

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2010

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Scientific name: Chionoecetes opilio

The snow crab, also known as a spider crab or queen crab, lives in the cold waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It is found as far north as the Arctic Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Japan, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska.