سلطعون
Cancer pagurus
#nm_0111📍 Egypt
- Language
- Standard Arabic
- Transliteration
- Sultaun
- IPA
- /sltˤʕwn/
From Arabic سلطان sulṭān (sultan/power) Crab seen as commanding creature with powerful claws
Edible or brown crab of the northeast Atlantic, from Norway to North Africa. Oval reddish-brown carapace with a crimped 'pie crust' edge and black-tipped claws, reaching 25cm across and 3kg. Nocturnal bottom-dweller on coarse ground, mud and sand down to about 100m, feeding on molluscs and smaller crustaceans.
Alternates: كابوريا (Egypt)