Partan

Cancer pagurus

A partan or cruban is a teep o crab (Cancer pagurus) that for ordinar bides in the sea. Some fowk eats them in partan bree.

Its tangs is cried partan's taes.

Ither crabs is:

• Deep sea crab (Hyas araneus)
• buckie Ingram (Cancer bernardus?)
• Shear-keavie (Cancer depurator?)
• Keavie (Cancer maias?)
• Need (Cancer variegatus?)
• Reid rider, Green spung piller, sconder or butcher (Carcinus maenas)
• hairper crab (Corystes cassivelaunus)
• Taid lapster or lapster buckie (Pagurus pollicaris)