It is on the other hand considered unlikely that snow crab larvae could be carried with oceanic currents from its native area in eastern Canada as the prevalent oceanic currents are too warm for the development of the larvae.
Hinsvegar verður að teljast ólíklegt að krabbinn berist með straumum frá heimkynnum sínum við Austur-Kanada, enda eru hafstraumar, sem þaðan berast, hlýir og tengjast Golfstraumnum.