As we all know, as the queen of Xie Zhong, the name Snow Crab is like an ice castle in the winter sun, shining with a charming light, which is both elegant and full of charm. But you know what?Elsewhere, snow crabs are known by several different names, each of which represents the special identity of the Snow Queen. Next, I will lead you to understand the multiple identities of snow crabs.
In the scientific community, the scientific name of snow crab is "chionoecetes", which is the common name of the genus Snow Crab. In this genus, there are many different snow crabs, among which the North Pacific snow crab "chionoecetes opilio", also known as the gray-eyed snow crab, is the most well-known because this crab has a very beautiful name in Chinese - snow leaf crab. In addition, the genus Snow Crab also includes red-eyed snow crab (Chion-oecetes bairdi) and triangular snow crab (Chionoecetes angulatus), among others.
It can be seen that the snow crab is actually a species of snow crab, and in some areas, people also call it "plate crab". In other words, "snow crab" equals "plate crab" equals "snow crab", and they are both a type of "snow crab". It's like the relationship between "roses" and "red roses", red roses are just one variety of roses.
As for the origin of the name "Shoba-crab", some literature points out that the texture of the crab leg meat spreads out like the pine needles of a pine tree, so as the name suggests, it is called Matsuba crab. But this is just one of the theories, and there are many interesting legends about its name. For example, in East Asia, according to legend, there was a monk walking in the mountains in ancient times and encountered a crab that was **. The Taoist priest gently lifted it up with pine leaves and put it back into the stream. In gratitude, the crab turned into a healer, healed the villagers, and called himself "Pine Leaf Walker" to commemorate the life-saving pine leaf and the benevolent monk. Of course, such legends also carry on the local people's ardent expectations for truth, goodness and beauty.
As mentioned at the beginning of this article, people in many countries regard snow crabs as the queen of crabs, so they are very affectionately called queen crabs. In addition, there is a very interesting name for snow crab in North America called "leatherman crab", and when I first heard this name, I also felt very curious, why the title "leatherman" is used to describe snow crab?Is it to say that this crab is very smart, and the three stinkers are Zhuge Liang?It's a joke, of course. Later, after many verifications, a document was found in the November 2021 edition of the National Fisherman journal, which mentioned that in the 19th century, the commander of the research ship Albatross, which was exploring Alaskan waters, first discovered this snow crab, so the commander's surname "Tanner" The word tanner has the meaning of "tanner" in English, so when translated into Chinese, it becomes "tanner crab", but in fact, this snow crab has nothing to do with the tanner, just an interesting miscommunication.
Through today's understanding, I also learned that there are so many beautiful and cute names for snow crabs, and each snow crab name hides a unique story and identity behind it, just like the psychologist Erickson said, "identity is fluid, and it is constantly created in the interaction with others", and this process of creation is also influenced by local culture and traditions, so the snow crab is like a character who keeps traveling through parallel universes, sometimes twisting pine leaves to cure diseases and save people, sometimes standing on the balcony of the ice castle and singing"Let it go", and sometimes stand on the Snowfish and ride the waves with the "Commander of the Leathermans."
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