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Aquatic foods are important sources of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) to humans. Farmed crabs are bottom-dwelling aquatic animals, and can accumulate CPs through food and aquatic environment. However, limited information is available on CPs concentrations in and sources to farmed crabs. In this study, short-chain CPs (SCCPs) and medium-chain CPs (MCCPs) concentrations in 59 samples from the farmed crab food web (crab, crab feed, and aquaculture environment) were determined. The samples were from 17 crab farms in Anhui Province, Jiangxi Province, and Shanghai, in China. The SCCPs and MCCPs concentrations in the crab samples were 82–1760 and not detected–680 ng/g lipid weight, respectively. The dominant SCCPs and MCCPs in the crab samples were C 10 Cl 6−7 and C 14 Cl 7−8 , respectively. The SCCPs concentrations in the crab food web samples were higher than the MCCPs concentrations. SCCPs contamination of the crab food web samples was not directly related to CPs product use. The main factors affecting SCCPs concentrations in the crab samples were different for different crab farms. Crab feed and the aquaculture environment could be sources of SCCPs to farmed crabs. No marked health risks are posed to humans through consuming CPs in Chinese mitten crabs farmed in China. [Display omitted] • SCCP concentrations in farmed crabs were much higher than MCCP concentrations. • Shorter carbon chain and less-chlorinated congeners dominated CPs in farmed crabs. • CP concentrations were highest in samples from the lower Yangtze River reaches. • Crab feed and aquaculture environment could be sources of SCCPs to farmed crabs. • Risks posed to humans through consuming CPs in farmed crabs were low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]