Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[1][2]
Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab". The generic name Chionoecetes means snow (χιών, chion) inhabitant (οἰκητης, oiketes);[3]opilio means shepherd, and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab. Marketing strategies, however, employ snow crab for any species in the genus Chionoecetes. The name "snow crab" refers to their being commonly found in cold northern oceans.
^L. S. Jadamec; W. E. Donaldson & P. Cullenberg (1999). Biological Field Techniques for Chionoecetes crabs(PDF). University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
^Henrik Kröyer (1838). "Conspectus Crustaceorum Groenlandiae" [Survey of the crustaceans of Greenland]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (in Latin). 2: 249–261.
well-known commercial species of Chionoecetes, often caught with traps or by trawling. Seven species are in the genus Chionoecetes, all of which bear the name...
Chionoecetes bairdi is a species of snow crab, alternatively known as bairdi crab and tanner crab. C. bairdi is closely related to Chionoecetes opilio...
important species include flower crabs (Portunus pelagicus), snow crabs (Chionoecetes), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), edible or brown crabs (Cancer pagurus)...
tending to have a more stable internal temperature than smaller organisms. Chionoecetes opilio is a stenothermic organism, and temperature affects its biology...
important taxa include Portunus pelagicus, several species in the genus Chionoecetes, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Charybdis spp., Cancer pagurus...
juvenile red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) growth, condition, calcification, and survival". PLOS ONE. 8...
the sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), and the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) from populations in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland". Journal of...
Tanner, a main-belt asteroid discovered on 28 April 1997 Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi), a crab species Tanner Cup, a New Zealand sailing competition...
Queen crab refers to different species in different parts of the world. Chionoecetes spp. in Canada Pseudocarcinus gigas, the Tasmanian giant crab, in Australia...
smaller forage fishes and invertebrates such as the northern snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis). The increased abundance...
formerly included in the family Majidae. It contains the four genera Chionoecetes, Hyas, Macroregonia, and Oregonia. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter...
benthic crustaceans in the Pechora Sea suggest that the invasive snow crab Chionoecetes opilio could be an important competitor". Polar Biology. 44 (1): 57–71...
characterization of nutrients and value-added products from snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and shrimp (Pandalus borealis) processing discards". Journal...
smaller forage fishes and invertebrates such as the northern snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis). The increased abundance...
Paralithodes brevipes, and new geographic areas for the parasite in tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus". Journal of Invertebrate...
important taxa include Portunus pelagicus, several species in the genus Chionoecetes, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Charybdis spp., Cancer pagurus...
crab (Eriocheir sinensis) and the commercially important "snow crab", Chionoecetes opilio. Peter Davie (2012). "Neohelice granulata (Dana, 1851)". WoRMS...
genus has been shown to degrade the chitin of the Deep Sea Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes tanneri). The species Photobacterium damselae are among the most virulent...
incomplete life cycle of a Hematodinium species in the hemolymph of host Chionoecetes bairdi was also documented by Eaton et al. (1991). The plasmodial trophont...
borealis, Cancer irroratus, Metacarcinus magister, Libinia emarginata, Chionoecetes opilio and Chaceon quinquedens. Spiny lobsters appear to be either immune...
(Ammodytes hexapterus) other cottids. The Decapoda include crabs such as Chionoecetes opilio, Hyas coarctatus and Telmessus cheiragonus as well as shrimps...
Crustacean Biology. May 2002. Stone, Robert P. ""Mass Molting of Tanner Crabs Chionoecetes bairdi in a Southeast Alaska Estuary"" (PDF). (121.55 KB) Alaska Fishery...
invadens gen. et sp. nov., an ascomycete parasite of the tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun Crustacea; Brachyura)". Can J Bot. 59 (11): 2121–2128...
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