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 considered a tissue because it is made up of different types of cells (red blood cells, white blood cells) working together to perform a body function.es blood is considered a connective tissue. It is an irregular connective tissue because it does not support or connect things but is labeled as a connective tissue because â¦ it forms from the same embryotic layer as all other connective tissues. 12 people found this useful.