I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go "pfah" and see the little crab on your plate!
> At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, > etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites > regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I > came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn > smut). Do you know of others? > > David Inouye >
