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)