What are crabs and shrimps? Qingdao

Like crabs and shrimps, they are crabs that liberate eyebrows and feet. In the local dialect, it is called "sea cicada" and its scientific name is "Jie Fangbei crab". It is a crustacean between shrimp and crab, and is closer to crab in genetic relationship.

Jie Fangbei crabs live in the intertidal low tide zone with fine sand as the bottom material, and feed on tiny meat scraps and small zooplankton, which plays a role in cleaning the beach. It drills holes around the beach. It can dredge the beach and prevent hardening. The appearance of liberated Meizu crab often shows that the local beach environment is very good.

The Origin of the Name of Jiefang Meizu Crab

The liberation of eyebrow-footed crab was first discovered and named by Mr. Shen Jiarui, the teacher of the late Academician Liu Ruiyu from the Institute of Oceanography of China Academy of Sciences and a famous shrimp and crab expert in China.

1948, Mr. Shen discovered this biological species in Yantai. In an article written by 1949, he said that in order to commemorate the victory of the liberation of X, it was named the Liberation American Education Society. Later, Jie Fangbei crab was found in Rizhao, and Wang Xuemei said it was also distributed in the seaside near Rizhao in Jiaonan. She said that sea cicadas are rich in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium, with low yield and delicious meat, which is extremely precious.