Exhibit at the rare white snow crab aquarium Fukui Sakai Feb 19, 18:37
Snow crab with white shells and limbs has been landed in Fukui Prefecture and has been on display at the local aquarium since 19th.
The white snow crab was found hanging on the net of a bottom seine fishing boat fishing in the sea area between Fukui Prefecture and Ishikawa Prefecture last week, and was donated to the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, and the exhibition began on the 19th. Was.
The snow crab is male, almost bluish-white, with an average size of 58 centimeters, and can be viewed directly by visitors.
According to the aquarium, some of the feet and the like have the same color as normal snow crab, so it seems that it is not due to a genetic abnormality, and it is not clear why it became white.
White a snow crab was brought into the aquarium 10 years ago, but it is very rare to find it.
Takashi Suzuki, director of the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium, said, "It is very unusual for white crabs to be displayed, so please come and see them."