Chionoecetes bairdi

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Chionoecetes bairdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Majidae Genus: Chionoecetes Species: C. bairdi
Binomial name
Chionoecetes bairdi M. J. Rathbun, 1924 [1]

Chionoecetes bairdi, known alternatively as bairdi crab and tanner crab, is closly related to the opilio crab. Both crab are found in the Bering Sea. Their appearance is similar, and opilio and bairdi can be difficult for a person not familiar with the two species to distinguish. Bairdi crab were largely fished from 1996 to 2006. Restrictions were put in place due to overfishing and when their population nearly died out.

[edit] References

1. ^ Chionoecetes bairdi (TSN 98429). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.