| Chionoecetes | |
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| Chionoecetes bairdi | |
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| Chionoecetes opilio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Oregoniidae |
| Genus: | Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1838 |
| Species | |
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7 species (see text) | |
Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[1][2]
Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab". The generic name Chionoecetes means snow (χιών, chion) inhabitant (οἰκητης, oiketes);[3] opilio means shepherd, and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab. Marketing strategies, however, employ snow crab for any species in the genus Chionoecetes. The name "snow crab" refers to their being commonly found in cold northern oceans.
- ^ L. S. Jadamec; W. E. Donaldson & P. Cullenberg (1999). Biological Field Techniques for Chionoecetes crabs (PDF). University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
- ^ "ADW: Chionoecetes: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ Henrik Kröyer (1838). "Conspectus Crustaceorum Groenlandiae" [Survey of the crustaceans of Greenland]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (in Latin). 2: 249–261.