Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Image: Chionoecetes bairdi
Image: Daegu Yeongdeok crab
Bagged frozen snow crab legs for sale in a supermarket
Chionoecetes angulatus
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the world's oceans, in freshwater, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, and have a single pair of pincers on each arm. They first appeared during the Jurassic period, around 200 million years ago.
Crab
Gecarcinus quadratus, a land crab from Central America
Crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus) on Istrian coast, Adriatic Sea
Female crab Xantho poressa at spawning time in the Black Sea, carrying eggs under her abdomen