Blueseas Quality Seafood

Blue Swimmer Crab

Scientific Name: Portunus pelagicus

Other common names include sand crab, blue manna crab, blue crab and sandy.

Size: Recorded to nearly 22cm in carapace width and over 1kg (common size varies between populations and commercial size depends on local state regulations.

Available: Cooked whole, green whole

Spanner Crab

Scientific Name: Ranina Ranina

Also known as Frog Crab and Red Frog Crab.

Size: To 15cm in carapace width and 0.9kg (commonly about 8.5cm in width and 0.4kg)

Available: Cooked whole.

Mud Crab

Scientific Name: Scylla serrata

Also known as Mangrove Crab, Muddy and Black Crab.

Size: Reaches 28cm in carapace width and 3kg (commonly about 17cm in width and 0.8kg)

Available: Live, Whole, Cooked Whole.

Coral Crab

Scientific Name: Charybdis feriata

Also known as crucifix crab.

Size: To 20cm in carapace width and possibly 1kg

Available: Whole, Cooked Whole

Giant Crab

Scientific Name: Pseudocarcinus gigas

Also known as giant deepwater crab, giant Tasmanian crab, king crab.

Size: Reaches a massive 45cm in carapace width and over 17.5kg (commonly marketed at less than 20cm in carapace width and less then 4kg as smaller crabs are favoured)

Available: Whole