Crab
Edible Crab
Cancer pagurus
How to spot it
Unmistakable once you've seen one: a broad reddish-brown shell with a crimped 'pie-crust' edge and big black-tipped pincers. Small ones hide under stones on the lower shore, while the dinner-plate-sized adults live in deeper water.
Usually seen at
5-40 m (median 16 m)
Size
Large (over 50 cm)
Habitat
Rocky crevice, Sandy bottom
Behaviour
On bottom, Hiding
Where it's seen
Occurrence records around the UK and north-east Atlantic (OBIS).