

the World’s Largest Blue Crab, is located on Laurel Street and along Little Bay and near Rockport beach made of stainless steel, is about 6,000 pounds and measuring at 27 feet by 25 feet wide, it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Blue Crab, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY. the World’s Largest Blue Crab, is located on Laurel Street and along Little Bay and near Rockport beach made of stainless steel, is about 6,000 pounds and measuring at 27 feet by 25 feet wide, it sets the world record for being the Worlds Largest Blue Crab, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY. The blue crab is called the blue crab because some. ROCKPORT, Texas, United States-The Big Blue Crab, a.k.a. ROCKPORT, Texas, United States-The Big Blue Crab, a.k.a. believe the world record blue crab was 11 inches and it is at the Virginia Institute of marine studies. They include a " bilateral gynandromorph"-a crab that is split right down the middle, with its right half female and its left half male. World’s Largest Blue Crab: Rockport, Texas, sets world record. It joins a growing list of atypical blue crabs that have been brought to VIMS by area crabbers. He says that the "true-blue" blue crab appears to be a color variant and not an infection.Įpps' "true-blue" crab, which died shortly after arriving at VIMS, has been frozen for future study.

Shields has also seen a rare orange coloration that is caused by a virus. He has seen this phenomenon "two or three times" in crabs from Chesapeake Bay. 6 years ago by itsaboat Facts Gary has not told us what the size was. It might also be mentioned in more than one place on the entire internet. I dont know who took it or who caught it. I got this photo from a Dauphin Island facebook group Im in. If the below Crab were real it would dwarf the world record. World record blue crab caught near Dauphin Island. VIMS professor Jeff Shields notes that purple coloration can be caused by a parasite that affects both the muscles and shell. The world Record for a blue Crab in the US is just shy of 11'. Female blue crabs have red tips on their claws. In a typical blue crab, only the legs are blue the shell is beige. VIMS professor Rom Lipcius says it's rare to find blue crabs that are completely blue, but he notes that "they have been found previously, as have albino crabs." Lipcius notes that purple crabs have also been reported. "This is the first crab like this I've seen in 11 years on the water," says Epps. But Sally Epps, a crabber from Hayes, did recently catch an all-blue blue crab, hoisting it from a crab pot on the James River near Craney Island. Despite their name, blue crabs are usually not completely blue.
