Chionoecetes opilio, Snow crab : fisheries

Chionoecetes opilio   (Fabricius, 1788)

Snow crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Oregoniidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 4 - 1400 m (Ref. 119370), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 117890).  Boreal; -1°C - 10°C (Ref. 78815), preferred 3°C (Ref. 107945); 79°N - 29°N, 20°E - 43°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic. Introduced to the Northeast Atlantic (Barents Sea) and the Arctic (Kara Sea). Boreal to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 5.0, range 5 - ? cm Max length : 13.7 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 127428); publicerad maxvikt: 864.00 g (Ref. 127428)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Sediments mostly consisted of fine brown mud, either with or without nodules, pebbles and foraminiferans (Ref. 119389). Also found on sandy and gravelly bottoms (Ref. 119370). With year round temperatures 0 to 5°C (Ref. 78817). Exhibits cannibalism (Ref. 101157).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Kon, T., T. Adachi and Y. Suzuki. 2003. (Ref. 93379)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Trophic Ecology
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Population dynamics
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Life cycle
Reproduktion
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Fecundity
Lek
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Taxonomy
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.4 - 7.1, mean 2.9 (based on 631 cells).
Prior r = 0.58, 95% CL = 0.38 - 0.87, Based on 4 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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