Snow crab is often called “queen crab.”
Males can grow to be 6 inches long in shell-width, while females are generally smaller than 3 inches in shell-width.
Snow crabs can live for an estimated 20 years.
Snow crabs shed their old shell and grow another.
They eat mostly brittle creatures that they crush with their claws.
They live in groups known as clusters.
Snow crabs spend most of their lives on seafloors.