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