TASMANIAN KING CRAB

THE LARGEST AND HEAVIEST AND BEST TASTING SEA CRAB

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The Giant Tasmanian Crab is the largest of all Australian crabs and second only in size to the giant King Crab found off Japan.
Crabs Shed their shell or "Moults":
A crab’s growth isn’t continuous, but results from a series of moults that happen when it reaches the size of its current shell.
Moulting is triggered by hormones. A new ‘cuticle’ (hard protective layer) is secreted under the old shell.
The crab rapidly absorbs water, splitting its shell along suture lines, then backs out of the old shell.
Substances stored within the crab’s body are rapidly redeposited to harden the new cuticle into a larger shell.
The fluid in the body is replaced with meat during a period when the crab feeds voraciously.

It has a white shell and claws are splashed with red. These crabs are very good to eat.
It is reasonably plentiful between 90 and 150 metres depth in Bass Strait and off the eastern coast of Tasmania in the southern waters of Australia on the edge of the continental shelf.
It can weigh over 13kg and measure 36cm across the body and have arms with giant pincers around 46cm long.

It is a commercially fished species. The species has been commercially fished in Tasmanian waters since 1992.
The Tasmanian giant crab has a white shell with claws that are splashed in red.
The females' shells change colors when they are producing eggs.

SOURCE ............https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_giant_crab