Species Gallery (Arthropoda)
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The barnacle Adna anglica growing on a cup coral.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Adna anglica growing on cup coral.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alpheus glaber.
Copyright: Ivor Rees
A bright red Alpheus glaber.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Anurida maritima on water surface.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Dorsal view of Athanas nitescens in shallow waters.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Hooded shrimp in a tide pool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Group of Austrominius modestus.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Austrominius modestus in Hooe Lake.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A typical barnacle nauplius of Austrominius modestus.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
A typical cyprid larva of Austrominius modestus, with carapace closed.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Close up of the opercular plates of Austrominius modestus.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Solitary Austrominius modestus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Balanus balanus Opercular valves closed and recessed below rim of aperture. Strong growth lines on scuta. Inconspicuous thin terga at sharp carinal end.
Copyright: Ian F. Smith
Balanus crenatus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
An individual of the Callianassa genus.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Cestopagurus timidus
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Close up of Chthamalus montagui from High Water of Spring Tide level seen dry.
Copyright: Prof. Alan J. Southward
Chthamalus montagui with a few whiter Elminius modestus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Mostly Chthamalus montagui with a few other barnacles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Predominantly Chthamalus montagui.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Smaller Chthamalus montagui next to larger Balanus perforatus and white Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up of Chthamalus stellatus from about Mid Tide Level seen underwater.
Copyright: Prof. Alan J. Southward
Predominantly Chthamalus stellatus; three Chthamalus montagui on the right.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Clibanarius erythropus emerging from shell.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Crangon allmanni.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Crangon crangon on shell fragments and gravel (from above).
Copyright: John Rundle
Crangon crangon in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Crangon crangon on shell fragments and gravel (side view).
Copyright: John Rundle
Dorsal view of Crangon crangon.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Extreme end of the first walking leg (pereiopod) of Crangon crangon. The last segment (dactyl) hinges on the second-to-last segment (propodus).
Copyright: Ken Neal
Close up of Diastylis rathkei.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Diogenes pugilator crawling over wet sand.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Diogenes pugilator engulfed in sand.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The buoy barnacle Dosima fascicularis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Buoy barnacle Dosima fascicularis
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Male Dynamene bidentata surrounded by females
Copyright: Michael Puleston
A male surrounded by five other females
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Female Dynamene bidentata
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Male Dynamene bidentata on top of a female surrounded by other females
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Male isopod surrounded by females
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Eurydice pulchra.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Galathea intermedia.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
A squat lobster Galathea squamifera.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Galathea squamifera
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Galathea squamifera in Charmouth, Cornwall.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Galathea squamifera on bedrock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Galathea squamifera on kelp.
Copyright: Mark Breckels
A captured squat lobster.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
A squat lobster sheltering.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Dark brown Galathea squamifera on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
lateral view of Galathea squamifera
Copyright: Paul Newland
Yellow Galathea squamifera.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Hesperibalanus fallax found on a Lobster cage washed up at Paignton Beach; ca 3-5 mm across.
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Close up of Hesperibalanus fallax found on a Lobster cage washed up at Paignton Beach. Ca. 3-5 mm across.
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Close up of Hesperibalanus fallax found on a Lobster cage washed up at Paignton Beach. Ca. 3-5 mm across.
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Green Hippolyte varians in a sandy rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Red Hippolyte varians on the shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Homarus gammarus, dorsal view.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
'Albino' female lobster alongside typical coloured Homarus gammarus
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
'Albino' female lobster telson alongside that of the typical coloured Homarus gammarus
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
Homarus gammarus at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Homarus gammarus at the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Homarus gammarus from inside a crevice.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Homarus gammarus in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Juvenile common lobster released as part of a breeding program
Copyright: Paul Newland
Idotea balthica.
Copyright: Sofie Vandendriessche
Idotea granulosa.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Idotea pelagica.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
The sea slater Lekanesphaera rugicauda.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
Goose barnacles Lepas anatifera washed up on the shore.
Copyright: Cathy Stevenson
A sea slater emerging from a rock.
Copyright: Abigail Rhodes
Individual Ligia oceanica on rocks on the upper shore at night.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Individual Ligia oceanica on rocks on the upper shore at night.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
A northern stone crab in the fucoid zone of Robin Hoods bay.
Copyright: Richard Smith
Munida rugosa at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Munida rugosa amongst brittlestars.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Munida rugosa at south Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Munida rugosa coming out of a crevice.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Munida rugosa on lost lobster pots.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Squat lobsters, Munida rugosa.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Line drawing of Neobisium maritimum
Copyright: Dick Jones
Neomysis integer.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Female Neomysis integer in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
School of opposum shrimp.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Nephrops norvegicus.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Nephrops norvegicus in an aquarium with its claws extended.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Nephrops norvegicus, caught in lobster creel.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Nephrops norvegicus, detail of head
Copyright: Sue Scott
Nephrops norvegicus. Female, detail of tail with eggs.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Sea spider with egg sac found under rock in tide pool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Sea spider with egg sac found under rock in tide pool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Pagurus bernhardus on shell gravel.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Pagurus bernhardus in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Pagurus bernhardus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Bird's eye view of the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus crawling along.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Naked Pagurus bernhardus in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Pre-mating coupling in December.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The hairy hermit crab Pagurus cuanensis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pagurus prideaux with the cloak anemone Adamsia carciniopados.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Pagurus prideaux on a green background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
The hermit crab Pagurus prideaux.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Palaemon elegans crawling on the substratum.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Close up view of the head of Palaemon elegans.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Side view of entire individual on rock.
Copyright: Mark Thomas
Palaemon serratus
Copyright: Sue Daly
Palaemon serratus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Palaemon serratus at Wembury.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Common prawn Palaemon serratus on a circalittoral bedrock slope at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Large Palaemon serratus in shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Two spiny lobsters.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A juvenile crawfish emerging from its 'den'.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Crawfish emerging from crevice.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Crawfish with recent moult at the front of the aquarium.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Freshly caught Palinurus elephas out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham
Larval form of Palinurus elephas
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Larval form of Palinurus elephas
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Spiny lobster.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Spiny lobster.
Copyright: Sue Scott
The front of a crawfish hiding between rocks.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The life cycle of the European spiny lobster from larvae to adult
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Pandalus montagui head.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Pandalus montagui on a green background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Perforatus perforatus on rock with Mytilus edulis.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Perforatus perforatus and sponges on a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Perforatus perforatus, Whitsand Bay.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A single Perforatus perforatus specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Dead, white Perforatus perforatus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Larger Perforatus perforatus next to smaller Chthamalus montagui and white Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Pair of purple Perforatus perforatus on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Three Perforatus perforatus individuals surrounded by much smaller Chthamalus montagui.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Periclimenes sagittifer amongst the tentacles of Anemonia viridis in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Aggregation of Petrobius maritimus.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Pisidia longicornis next to barnacles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Pisidia longicornis out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham
Close up of Pisidia longicornis
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Six Pisidia longicornis individuals.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pollicipes pollicipes attached to rocky shore near Tator Du Lighthouse, Cornwall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pollicipes pollicipes on rocks at Porthcurno
Copyright: Liam Faisey
Pollicipes pollicipes on rocks at Porthcurno
Copyright: Liam Faisey
Pollicipes pollicipes on rocks at Porthcurno
Copyright: Liam Faisey
A broad-clawed porcelain crab.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
An algal covered broad-clawed crab
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Lone Porcellana platycheles individual in between boulders.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Multiple Porcellana platycheles individuals on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Pycnogonum litorale feeding on an anemone.
Copyright: Paul Tranter
Rissoides desmaresti held in gloved hand.
Copyright: Dr Rohan Holt
Rissoides desmaresti on the sea bed.
Copyright: Dr Rohan Holt
Scalpellum scalpellum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Group of individuals.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Semibalanus balanoides loosely gathered on a rock.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Semibalanus balanoides mating (penis extended and penetrating neighbouring barnacle).
Copyright: Sue Scott
Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Verruca stroemia attached to a rockface.
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
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