| Common Name | King crab |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Locality | Porcupine Basin, off southwest Ireland. |
| Ref. | Quigley, D.T.G. and K. Flannery, 1997 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st Modifier | person (generic) |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'crab', from Proto-into-European root '*gerbh' meaning 'to scratch, carve' and Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'. |