This chart is intended to aid in demonstrating the relationship between different shell types and the size of crabs wearing them.
For example a customer may have a crab that is wearing a Sharkeye shell with 1 1/4" opening. This is a common size and would be a typical medium size crab. If the customer were to order the next size up of 1 3/8" but in a Turbo shell by looking at the chart they would see that a 1 3/8" Turbo shell is for a Large crab and may be too big for their crab. A 1" to 1 1/8" Turbo may be more suitable.
APPROXIMATE SIZE OF CRABS IN THEIR SHELLS
- TEENY (dime)(1/2" or less)
- TINY (penny) (3/4")
- SMALL (quarter) (1")
- MEDIUM (golf ball) (1 5/8")
- LARGE (tennis ball) (2 1/2")
- JUMBO (larger than a baseball) (3" or more )
TABLE SHOWING SHELL OPENING SIZE AND SHAPE
RELATED TO CRAB SIZE
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| |
OPENING SHAPE
|
OPENING
SIZE |
Round Opening |
Elliptical Opening |
Oval Opening |
D-Shaped Opening |
<1/4"
<6mm |
TEENY |
TEENY |
TEENY |
TEENY |
1/4"
6mm |
TEENY |
TEENY |
TEENY |
TEENY |
3/8"
10mm |
TINY |
TINY |
TINY |
TEENY |
1/2"
13mm |
TINY |
TINY |
TINY |
TINY |
5/8"
16mm |
SMALL |
SMALL |
SMALL |
TINY |
3/4"
19mm |
SMALL |
SMALL |
SMALL |
SMALL |
7/8"
22mm |
MEDIUM |
SMALL |
SMALL |
SMALL |
1"
26mm |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
SMALL |
1 1/8"
29mm |
LARGE |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
1 1/4"
32mm |
LARGE |
LARGE |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
1 3/8"
35mm |
LARGE |
LARGE |
LARGE |
MEDIUM |
1 1/2"
38mm |
LARGE |
LARGE |
LARGE |
LARGE |
1 5/8"
41mm |
JUMBO |
LARGE |
LARGE |
LARGE |
1 3/4"
44mm |
JUMBO |
JUMBO |
LARGE |
LARGE |
1 7/8"
48mm |
JUMBO |
JUMBO |
JUMBO |
LARGE |
2"
51mm |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
JUMBO |
LARGE |
2 1/8"
54mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
LARGE |
2 1/4"
57mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
2 3/8"
60mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
2 1/2"
64mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
2 5/8"
67mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
2 3/4"
71mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
JUMBO |
2 7/8"
73mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
3"
76mm |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
GIANT |
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