Cancer pagurus Edible crab, Brown crab

Cancer pagurus is commonly referred to as Edible crab, Brown crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Que pour les grands aquariums. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3321 

AphiaID:

107276 

Scientific:

Cancer pagurus 

German:

Brauner Taschenkrebs 

English:

Edible Crab, Brown Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cancridae (Family) > Cancer (Genus) > pagurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Canada Eastern Pacific, Canada Western Atlantic, East-Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, European Coasts, France, Germany, Ireland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Morocco, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Portugal, Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spain, Sweden, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

8,1 °F - 71.6 °F (8,1°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crabs, Detritus, Frozen Food (large sort), Predatory, Sea urchins, Smelts, Snails 

Difficulty:

Que pour les grands aquariums 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cancer bellianus
• Cancer bispinosus
• 
  Cancer borealis
  Northern crab, Jonah rock crab, Jonah crab
• 
  Cancer irroratus
  Atlantischer Taschenkrebs
• Cancer johngarthi
• Cancer laevis
• Cancer mytilorum
• Cancer mytulorum
• 
  Cancer pagurus
  Brauner Taschenkrebs
• Cancer plebejus
• Cancer porteri
• 
  Cancer productus
  Roter Taschenkrebs
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-30 23:41:32 

Last edit:

2026-08-17 19:45:19 

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