Species FAO code: STC

Menippe mercenaria

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Krabbe de Schwarze Steinkrabbe	–
Belgium	fr Crabe nl Krab	–
Czech Republic	cs Krabi	–
Denmark	da Sort stenkrabbe	–
Germany	de Krabbe de Schwarze Steinkrabbe	–
Slovenia	sl črna skalna rakovica	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Atlantic, Western Central

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818)

Scientific name

Menippe mercenaria

Author

(Say, 1818)

Rank

Species

FAO code

STC

Morphological description

Carapace transversely oval, about 2.3 times as long as wide, convex, nearly smooth to unaided eye, minutely granulate and punctate; anterolateral margins (excluding outer orbital teeth) divided into 4 lobes, front (excluding inner orbital angles) with a median notch and a broad tri-lobate lobe on each side. Pincers large and heavy, unequal, nearly smooth; inside of hands with patch of fine, oblique, parallel striae; walking legs stout and hairy distally. Color: juveniles dark purplish blue, very young with legs banded cream and red and white spot on carpus of pincer. Older individual become dark brownish red to black or less mottled and spotted with dusky grey; fingers dark; walking legs with reddish and yellow bands.

Taxonomic classification

PhylumArthropoda
- SubphylumCrustacea
  - ClassMalacostraca
    - OrderDecapoda
      - InfraorderBrachyura
        FamilyMenippidae
        GenusMenippe
        SpeciesMenippe mercenaria

Synonyms

Cancer mercenaria Say, 1818
Pseudocarcinus ocellatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0306 — Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption
  - Frozen
    - 0306 14 — Crabs
      - 0306 14 05 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0306 14 90 — Other
  - Not frozen
    - 0306 24 — Crabs
      - 0306 24 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0306 24 80 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - 1605 10 00 — Crab

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Menippe mercenaria

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central