Alan Davidson

Edible/Common Crab

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Cancridae

  • Portuguese: Sapateira
  • Spanish: Buey
  • French: Tourteau, Dormeur
  • Dutch: Noordzeekrab
  • German: Taschenkrebs
  • Russian: Oval’nyӯĭ krab
  • Swedish: Krabba, Krabbtaska
  • Norwegian: Krabbe, Taskekrabbe
  • Danish: Taskekrabbe
  • Icelandic: Töskukrabbi
  • Other: Partan (Ireland and Scotland); Hoofdkrab (Zeeland); Poingclos (Brittany)

REMARKS Maximum width over 20 cm. This is the familiar large crab to be found on sale by British and other European fishmongers; found as far north as Norway, but not on the American side of the Atlantic.