Different varieties: meat crabs, also called green crabs, belong to the family of pike crabs, and hairy crabs belong to the family of bowhead crabs, which are river crab varieties. Appearance difference: meat crab head and chest armor is oval, hairy crab head and chest armor is square and round. Habitat: Meat crabs are burrowing aquatic animals, while hairy crabs live in burrows and hermitages. Time to market: meat crabs are available all year round, hairy crabs are available in the fall.
What are the differences between meat crabs and hairy crabs
1, different varieties
Meat crabs, also known as green crabs, is a species of the family of pike crabs, belonging to the sea crabs, more active in the sandy beaches, marshes, and the hairy crabs, also known as Chinese mitten crabs, is a bowed crab crustaceans, belonging to the river crab species, more living in the rivers and lakes, and the Chinese crab, also called the Chinese mitten crab, is a bowed crab crustaceans, belonging to the river crab species, more living in the rivers and lakes.
The Hairy Crab is also known as the Chinese Mitten Crab.
2, the appearance of different
Meat crab cephalothorax is ovoid, dorsal shell rounded prominent, smooth surface, there are four pairs of feet and a pair of chelicerae, the end of which is shaped like a paddle foot, conducive to the water to swim, and the hairy crab's cephalothorax for the square round, uneven back, the color of the blue, the same shape of the feet.
3, habits
The meat crab is a burrowing aquatic crustacean, day and night, sensitive sensory organs, will use the feet to walk on the beach in the summer, low temperatures lurking in the sand, and hairy crabs camping burrowing, hermit living, a more varied diet, temperature is suitable for the growth of rapid growth, and hairy crabs, hunger, you can not eat for ten days.
4, time to market
Meat crabs are widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, China's Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and other coastal cities throughout the year can be caught in the green crabs, while the hairy crabs in China's provinces and cities are widely distributed, but only in the fall of each year will grow mature market.