Live Hanasaki Crab

Live Hanasaki Crab

The Japanese name of the crabs refers to where they are caught, in the Hanasaki port area of the city of Nemuro., The Hanasaki in Japanese means “blooming flower.” This crab is named for the vivid red color it turns as it boils.

E. isenbeckii has a hard shell and soft spines which cover the shell and appendages. It can reach over 1 kg in weight. Erimacrus isenbeckii is known to feed three to four times in a ten to twelve hour time-span and cannibalism is common for E. isenbeckii in the spring.  The carapace of E. isenbeckii can reach 100 to 120 mm in length in adults. Like the two other species in the same family.