The scientific name of Dungeness Crab is Metacarcinus magister.
Dungeness Crab is the largest edible crab.
Female Dungeness Crab can lay as many as 2.5 million eggs.
They have purple tinged, greyish-brown backs with cream-coloured undersides.
They have smaller, shorter legs in relation to their body size than other crabs.
They can live between 8-13 years.
They are able to regenerate lost appendages.