Muscle Crab

Muscle crabs are large crustaceans found in warm waters across the globe. They are widely domesticated with land and water harmonids.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Muscle crabs are large, roughly 2 feet wide. They have a strong, hard shell which is hard to penetrate. Their one pair of pincers are 8-12 inches long, and are tough enough to break metals and other hard rocks. Their exoskeleton ranges from bright blue to dark purple. The underbelly is a soft paley peach colour.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Muscle crabs, along with all crab species, are omnivorous. They will eat small invertebrates like shrimp or krill, and will shave short seagrasses and eat those. They have small burrows where they store food, and they line the walls of the burrow with their saliva that makes the food never spoils.

Additional Information

Social Structure

These crabs love to "fight" each other. If they cross their nomadic paths along the seabed they may engage in friendly battles to become stronger. There is no reward for fighting, they use their pinchers to flip the other over and the winner is the crab who successfully flips the other over. They help that crab stand and they go on their way. Generally, these crabs are quite docile. When threatened they use their strong pinchers and punch to attack things that makes them feel in danger.
These crabs are famous for their sturdy pinchers, which are incredibly muscly and makes them a formidable crustacean.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Muscle crabs are trained by eusteans and harmonids to gather underwater materials that they cannot reach. The crabs are trained with treats, usually some small pellets made of a variety of crushed coral.
They tend to be domesticated by underwater harmonids living in warm waters, where they can retrieve minerals and materials from deeper underwater. Land harmonids will use them to retrieve any underwater item.

Subspecies

Woolly Muscle Crab

Woolly muscle crabs are a unique subspecise of muscle crab. These larger muscle crabs are found in the cold waters of South Ocean, right at the south pole. They are a rare species and are hunted by the ice tribes for their wool.

Blue Muscle Crab

Some people don't classify blue muscle crabs as a separate species, but scientists do. Blue muscle crabs are an incredibly rare subspecies, about 1 in a million are blue. These crabs can be found anywhere where other species of muscle crabs are found, as they are an incredibly rare mutation of the kind.

Geographic Distribution

• Greenerth
• Half Ocean
• Shimmering Ocean
• South Ocean

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