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Default Stone Crab Claws vs Jonah Crab Claws

sorry.. we were talking about STONE not snow crab claws..

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-L. wrote:
> Steve Wertz wrote:
>> Did some digging and found this:
>> http://www.foodsubs.com/Shelfishcrab.html
>>
>> -sw

>
> That site says snow crab=tanner crab. I though "snow crab" was
> exclusively the opilio spp. Tanner crabs are a different species and
> typically much smaller. Do they both go by the moniker "snow crab"?
> Here's a pic of the differences:
> http://blueocean.org/seafood/species/36.html
> It's not really clear by what's on the above site, either.
>
> -L.