Tagged edible crab

Latin: Cancer pagurus
Size:
30 cm (shell width) and 5 kg.
Levested:
Hard and soft seabed down to 400 meters, most common down to 100 meters.
Distribution:
In the eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Finnmark in Norway. Main distribution along the coast of France, around the British Isles and up to Lofoten/Vesterålen in Norway.
Food:
Algae, mussels, snails, crustaceans, polychaetes, sea urchins and carrion.
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