A snow crab with a brown shell on a white background
Snow Crab shells are brown or red and their undersides are shaded with yellow or white
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Chionoecetes opilio
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A large quantity of fresh-caught snow crabs
Snow Crab shells are an effective defense against most predators, but not against humans.
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A plate of cooked snow crab legs, which are so named for their snowy white meat
A plate of cooked snow crab legs, which are so named for their snowy white meat.
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A Snow Crab takes a defensive stance on the seabed.
A Snow Crab takes a defensive stance on the seabed.
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A plate of cooked snow crab claws that have been cracked open to display their snowy white meat
Cooked Snow Crab Claws display the snow-white meat for which they are names
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