Taskurapu
Cancer pagurus
#nm_0455📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- Taskurapu
- IPA
- /ˈtɑskurɑpu/
Compound: tasku + rapu tasku: pocket, from Old Swedish taska (bag/pouch) rapu: crab/crayfish, from Swedish krabba (crab) via Finnish krapu
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.
Borrowed from: Krabba