Types of crabs include hairy crabs, bread crabs, pike crabs, green crabs and king crabs.

1, hairy crabs

Hairy crabs are a time-honored delicacy in China. Omnivores, fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, etc. can be used as animal bait for hairy crabs. Widely distributed in China in the north and south coastal lakes, including the Yangtze River system with the largest production, taste extremely delicious. The more famous are Taihu Lake hairy crabs, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, Changdang Lake hairy crabs and so on.

2, bread crabs

Bread crabs are generally referred to the genus Zodiac crab or steamed bread crab species. It is a very good cooking ingredient because of its large size, rich paste and plump meat. At the same time, it is one of the crab species with the most paste in the world, and is known as the "King of Crab Paste". Bread crabs are mainly found in the Pacific Ocean, but can also be found in Hong Kong waters.

3, pike crab

Some places commonly known as "white crab". Named for the pike-shaped cephalothoracic armor, the center of the shell has three protrusions, also known as "three warts pike crab", belongs to the arthropods. Male umbilicus pointed and smooth, chela grows, shell surface with green color; female umbilicus round with velvet, shell surface is ochre, or have spots. Pike crab meat is fat and tasty, has high nutritional value and economic value, and is suitable for seawater fattening temporary.

4, green crab

Green crab carapace is oval, body flat, hairless, the back of the bulge, smooth. Distributed in Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, India, South Africa and other waters, in China is distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan coastal waters. Because of its huge individual, fast growth, tasty meat and rich nutrition, it is regarded as a precious seafood food in recent times as well as in modern times.

5, king crab

Also known as the stone crab or rock crab, that is, the stone crab family of crustaceans, is not a real crab, they are mainly distributed in the cold waters. Because of the huge size of the name, known as the "king of crabs" reputation. It belongs to the deep-sea crabs, surviving to a depth of 850 meters, and the water temperature is between 2 and 5 degrees Celsius.

The lowest water temperature at which king crabs can survive is 1.4 degrees Celsius. The meat of the king crab is tender and sweet, and the large size of the king crab is also addictive to eat.