1, general steamer boil, 3 two or less pike crabs should continue to steam for about 10 minutes, 3 to 4 two heavy continue to steam for about 12 minutes, 4 two or more continue to steam for about 15 minutes. It is usually the case that for every 1-two-two increase in weight, the steaming time increases by about 2 minutes.

2, pike crab, some places commonly known as "white crab". Because the cephalothoracic armor in the shape of a pike, so the name pike. There are three protrusions in the center of the carapace, so it is also known as the "three warts pike crab", belonging to the arthropods. Male umbilicus pointed and smooth, chela grows, shell surface with green; female umbilicus round with downy, shell surface ochre, or spots. Pike crab meat is fat and tasty, has high nutritional value and economic value, and is suitable for seawater fattening temporarily. The cephalothorax is pike-shaped, almost twice as wide as long; the surface of the cephalothorax is covered with fine granules, with 2 granules transversely ronding and 3 warty protuberances; the frontal has 2 sharp teeth; the anterior lateral margin has 9 sharp teeth, and the final teeth are long and spiny, protruding outward. Chelicerae stout, length longer than width of cephalothorax; long segments prismatic, male long segments more slender, anterior margin with 4 sharp spines.