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.
1 In addition to these more recognizable forms of connective tissue, blood is also considered a form of connective tissue. 2  Muscle Tissue-Muscle tissue is a specialized tissue that can contract. 3  Muscle tissue contains the specialized proteins actin and myosin that slide past one another and allow movement.