A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Crustaceans (Crabs and Lobsters)

Crabs

Crab, Edible (Cancer pagurus)     face-view     claw     abdomen
Spring low water mark. Wembury (VMNA), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Hairy (Pilumnus hirtellus)     underside
Spring low tide mark. Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 21.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Hermit (Pagurus sp.) ?
River Tamar, Saltash, Cornwall. 14.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Montagu's (Xantho incisus) - 1
Spring low water mark. Wembury (VMNA), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Montagu's (Xantho incisus) - 2     opposite view     abdomen     claw
Lowershore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 06.10.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Porcelain, Broad-clawed (Porcellana platycheles)     underside
Spring low water mark. Wembury (VMNA), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Porcelain, Long-clawed (Porcellana longicornis)     underside     abdomen
Lowershore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Risso's (Xantho pilipes) - 1     female underside
Spring low tide mark. Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 18.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Risso's (Xantho pilipes) - 2    underside     male underside close-up
Lowershore. Eastern Kings, Firestone Bay, Plymouth, Devon. 28.02.06 (Public Location)

Crab, Rough
National Marine Aquarium, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon. 16.01.05

Crab, Shore (Carcinus maenas) - 1     face-view     mouth and eyes     underside     male abdomen
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Blackstone Rock, Saltash, Cornwall.
10.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Shore (Carcinus maenas) - 2     male underside     female with eggs     eggs close-up
Middle shore, under stones. Jennycliffe Bay, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 03.01.06 (Public Location)

Crab, Scorpion Spider (Inachus dorsettensis)     abdomen     claw
Lowershore. Hannafore Beach, Looe, Cornwall. 03.03.06 (Public Location)

Crab, Spiny Spider (Maja squinado)
National Marine Aquarium, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon. 16.01.05

Crab, Velvet / Fiddler (Portunus puber)     abdomen     claw     swimming leg     female with eggs
Spring low tide mark. Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 18.09.05 (Public Location)

Crab, Vernal (Liocarcinus vernalis) ? - young specimen
Under stone, lowershore. Hannafore Beach, Looe, Cornwall. 31.03.06 (Public Location)

Squat Lobsters

Lobster, Squat (Galathea squamifera)     underside close-up     eggs
Spring low tide mark. Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 18.09.05 (Public Location)

Lobster, Squat (Galathea strigosa) - young animal     underside
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.05 (Public Location)

Also see Rockpooling around Plymouth