Pike crabs fresh preservation methods such as refrigerated preservation and frozen preservation.

1, refrigerated preservation

If we want to keep the live pike crabs, we need to tie up the feet of the crabs, which can reduce the physical exertion of the crabs and prevent it from crawling around. Then, we put the crab in the refrigerator and keep the temperature at 3-6 degrees Celsius. Then, we cover the crab with a damp towel. The goal is to moisturize the crab. This step is very important. Don't forget. This method allows you to keep pike crabs for about three days, which is still very original. Of course the sooner you eat it, the better it is, and the sooner you eat it, the more novel it is.

2. Keeping them frozen

Another method is to steam the crabs before freezing them. This way you can keep them for about a month. The specific method is to steam the crabs in cold water, then cool the steamed crabs, then put the crabs into a plastic bag, expel the air body in the bag, tighten the mouth of the bag, cut off the air body, and finally put them into the freezer of the refrigerator for preservation. In this way, pike crabs raised for a month no problem, and will not spoil, but it is better to eat as soon as possible.

Pike Crab Morphological Characteristics:

The body color of the pike crab varies with the surrounding environment. Individuals living in the sandy bottom, the cephalothorax is light gray-green, the anterior gill area with a round white spot, most of the chelicerae are purplish-red with white spots, a part or the whole ventral surface is white, the first three pairs of step foot long joints and carpal joints are also white, the palms are bluish-white, the soft hairs are brown, the knuckles purplish-blue or purplish-red, the fourth pair of step foot green with white spots, the end of the finger purplish-blue. Individuals living among seagrasses have a darker body color.

Omnivorous, fish, shrimp, shellfish, algae are eaten, and even eat the same kind, like to eat animal carcasses. The cephalothoracic armor is pike-shaped and slightly elevated. There are three prominent warty elevations on the surface, one in the stomach area and two in the heart area. Its body shape is oval, with two pointed ends like a weaving shuttle, so it has the name of three warty pike crab. Each of the two anterior lateral margins has 9 serrations, the 9th serration is particularly large, extending to the left and right. The frontal margin has 4 small teeth. There are 1 pair of rotating compound eyes with stalks on both sides of the forehead. There are 5 pairs of thoracic legs. The stinging foot is well developed, the long segment is prismatic, the inner margin with blunt teeth.