name: Red King Crab

flavor_db_name_variants: red king crab

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Red king crab

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name_scientific: Paralithodes camtschaticus

description: The red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m, and is heavily targeted by fisheries. Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 28 cm (11 in) and a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). It was named after the color it turns when it is cooked rather than the color of a living animal, which tends to be more burgundy. The king crab is native to the Bering Sea, north Pacific Ocean, around the Kamchatka Peninsula and neighboring Alaskan waters.

itis_id: 97935

wikipedia_id: Paralithodes camtschaticus

picture_file_name: 286.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 81345

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:07.000Z

legacy_id: 313

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Crustaceans

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:30.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:21.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 6741

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00285