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Size:
King crabs rarely exceed 8 kg, with a shell length of up to 23 cm in Norwegian waters.
Levested:
Mixed seabed from the barge to several hundred meters deep.
Distribution:
Its natural distribution is in the North Pacific and the Bering Sea.
Food:
The king crab is an omnivore.
The larvae mainly eat plankton, and young individuals have a larger intake of seaweed and kelp than adults. In general, the diet is dominated by echinoderms, mussels, polychaetes and fish carrion. Grazing on roe has also been recorded.
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