Giant, Delicious Arthropods
The best tasting crab meat comes from the Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria), with the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) coming in a close second.
Large crabs taste good too though. Melted butter and lemon required.
BEACH WEEK STARTS NOW!
Get ready for a week or so of posts about our recent vacation at the Jersey Shore. Incredible seafood - including the second-best kind of crab. White sand beaches. Our unfortunate encounter with a 30 foot Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Wow!
This will be the most exciting week in the Nirvana Wok blog’s four year history!
—Alex
Red King Crab
(Paralithodes camtschaticus) The largest species of king crab. Can weigh up to 25 pounds.
A 20 pound case of Alaska Red King Crab will run you about 1200 dollars.
Coconut Crab
The Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) can weigh up to nine pounds.
Japanese Spider Crab
The Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) has “the largest known leg-span of any arthropod around 12 feet and can weigh 42 pounds.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab
The Tasmanian Giant Crab
“One of the largest crabs in the world, the Tasmanian Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) reaches a mass of 39 pounds. Among crabs, only the Japanese spider crab can weigh more.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_giant_crab
