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Chionoecetes opilio
(Fabricius, 1788)
Far East / North Pacific
Common name: snow crab or opilio
Range. All far-eastern seas, Chukchi Sea, along american coast from Alasca to British
Columbia, at a depth of 5 to 1000 m. This species forms tremendous aggregations in some
areas; commercial species. [Zhirmunskiy, 1976, p. 54].
Size of carapace. Up to 150 mm (length). [Zhirmunskiy, 1976, p. 54].
Chionoecetes opilio
in species-identification.org