Crab
Brachyura
Not Kosher
No fins or scales
Fins
No
Scales
No
Description
Crab makes up roughly a fifth of all marine crustaceans eaten worldwide, about 1.5 million tonnes a year. It shows up as dressed crab in Britain, crab cakes around Chesapeake Bay, crab curry in Goa and Mozambique, and snow crab as sushi in Japan.
Most crabs are free-living marine animals, but more than 1,300 species are adapted to fresh water, and some, like the Caribbean hermit crab, are mostly land-dwelling. Christmas Island red crabs make an annual mass migration to the sea.
Also known as
- Dungeness crab
- Blue crab
- King crab
- Snow crab
- Stone crab
- Soft-shell crab
Crab in foreign languages
| Scientific | Brachyura |
| Hebrew | סרטנים קצרי בטן |
| Arabic | سرطان |
| Spanish | braquiuro |
| Portuguese | Caranguejo |
| French | Brachyoures |
| Italian | Granchio |
| German | Krabben |
| Greek | Κάβουρας |
| Russian | Крабы |
| Turkish | Yengeç |
| Chinese | 螃蟹 |
| Japanese | カニ |
| Korean | 게 |
| Hindi | केकड़ा |
| Bengali | কাঁকড়া |
| Vietnamese | Phân thứ bộ Cua |
| Thai | ปู |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- A crustacean with a hard, mineralized exoskeleton and no fins or scales, so it is not kosher.