Asian paddle crab
Submitted by Jorie on Sun, 2013-11-17 18:58
im almost 100% sure that this is an asian paddle crab was caught in bunbury by a mate im waiting to see the crab mate still has it alive whats everyones thoughts??
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anypuddle
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not 100% sure
small muddie?
Anywhere anytime
jayce
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Yeah it looks like a small
Yeah it looks like a small muddy
scano
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Looks like a paddle crab to me
Can you actually eat the bloody things?
Terry
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nup
nup, yep and yep.Bloody good eating too.
quadfisher
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The numbers have it
Go to the fisheries site under bio security , it says must have 6 spines between the eyes and shell spine , looks like your mates has more
muddys have more than 6 .You cant go on colour, as the the bloody pests seem to come in all colours.
quadfisher
wormboy
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As the previous posters have
As the previous posters have said, its most likely a small muddie with all those spines. They have been turning up in the south western estuaries a bit over the last couple of years.
The Asian paddle crabs have 6 spines across the front and 6 down each side.
As quad has said, don't go on colour as they seem to come in pretty much every colour you can think of.
here is a link to the Fisheries pest alert.
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/biosecurity/asian_paddle_crab.pdf
If you want Fisheries to have a good look at it there are contact details on the flyer, just send in a photo.
Make sure you take a photo from the right direction; right over the top of the body so you can see all of the spines across the front and down the sides.
Don't forget that muddies still have a legal minimum size :)
Silk200611
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That's a mud crab. Put it
That's a mud crab. Put it back in.
Call me Brad as that's my name..