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Spider Crab

Spider crab is a marine crab with long legs, commonly steamed, boiled, or used for its meat in seafood dishes.

Spider Crab — illustrative ingredient image

About Spider Crab

Spider crab is a marine crab identified in culinary use by its long, slender legs and relatively narrow body, often with a rough or spiny shell. The common name covers more than one species and regional seafood market type, so size, shell colour, leg length, and meat yield vary.

The meat is delicate, moist, and mildly sweet, while the shell and body cavity may contribute juices or other edible material depending on local practice. Whole spider crabs are used in salads, soups, sauces, platters, and other seafood dishes.

The whole animal may be sold live, chilled, or cooked. It is commonly boiled, steamed, baked, or otherwise cooked before the shell is opened and the meat removed; preparation changes the shell’s firmness and the meat’s texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Spider crab

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Spider Crab nutrition & diet

Spider Crab nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Crayfish / lobster, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
89kcal
Protein
19.2g
Carbs
0.7g
Fat
1.0g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Establish the species, edible parts, and preparation before using a reference: whole cooked crab, claw and leg meat, roe, or mixed shell and meat are different forms. Account for shell removal and any butter, sauces, breading, or cooking liquid added during service.

Compare the right form: Match references to the identified spider-crab species and cooked edible meat or whole-crab form, excluding shell unless the source explicitly includes it.

Diet considerations

Spider crab is an animal-derived marine food. Compatibility changes when prepared with butter, cream, egg, meat, fish, or other animal ingredients, and with cereal-based breading or sauces. The relevant portion is edible crab tissue, not shell, while the complete dish determines added carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.3.4.2_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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