The invention relates to the technical field of tools of daily use, in particular to a structure for crab shelling. The structure comprises an upper box body and a lower box body; the upper box body comprises an upper cover provided with the side wall extending downwards, the side wall is provided with a slide plate, a turnup cover is hinged to the upper cover, the end, far from the hinge position, of the turnup cover is provided with a rotary handle, and a rotary knife is arranged at the lower end of the rotary handle; the lower box body comprises a bottom cover provided with the support sidewall extending upwards, the upper end face of the support side wall is provided with an annular notch, through holes are formed in both sides of the support side wall and slidably connected to fixingdevices, one end of each fixing device is provided with a clamp block, and the surfaces of both the fixing devices are provided with threaded slide grooves; the upper box body is in slide and coordination connection with the lower box body. A crab is fixed in the box bodies, the rotary handle is rotated, the rotary knife cuts off a crab shell and enters the crab, the turnup cover is opened to drive the rotary knife to move together, and the crab shell is opened. The structure for crab shelling has the advantages of being capable of storing, fixing, boiling and shelling crabs.