The size of a stone crab claw is considered to be the length of the propodus. The propodus is the larger, immovable part of the claw. Legal-sized (harvestable size) claws are 70 mm (2 3/4 inches) or greater in propodus length.
Blood is called a connective tissue because it carries with it many digestive substances, oxygen from lungs, foods from small intestines and provide it to other tissues and organs of the body.
Blood is traditionally classified as a specialized form of connective tissue. To appreciate the basic unity of blood and other varieties of connective tissue, consider the following.lood is a highly specialized, fluid tissue. Blood is traditionally classified as a specialized form of connective tissue. To appreciate the basic unity of blood and other varieties of connective tissue, consider the following. 1  All of the several blood cell types originate in the connective tissue of bone marrow.