Crustacean Collection

Crustaces - crustaceans
A variety of crustaceans including some rather fierce looking crabs and lobsters. Date: 1930

Lobster, X-ray
Lobster. Coloured X-ray of a common lobster (Homarus gammarus). This is a marine scavenger that inhabits the cool waters of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is valued for its flesh

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) with parasitic copepod (Ommatokoita elongata), under ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, northern Baffin Island, Canada, Arctic

Giant Robber / Coconut Crab WAT 5918 On coconut palm tree Indian Ocean Birgus Latro © M. Watson / ARDEA LONDON
WAT-5918 Giant Robber / Coconut Crab On coconut palm tree Indian Ocean Birgus Latro M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horseshoe Crab - often found on beach after tide recedes. Sea groynes in background
JZ-1981 Horseshoe Crab - often found on beach after tide recedes. Sea groynes in background, Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA Limulus polyphemus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display

Antarctic Krill JPF34583
JPF-13408 Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horseshoe Crab Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA
JZ-1983 Horseshoe Crab Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA. Limulus polyphemus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Djibouti. A Red Swimming Crab (Charybdis erythrodactyla) swims in the Indian Ocean

Giant Japanese Spider Crab
PM-10640 Giant Japanese Spider Crab Macrocheira kaempferi Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Louisiana Crayfish / Crawfish - Louisiana - Widely harvested for food - Native to North America but introduced
CAN-3231 Louisiana Crayfish / Crawfish - widely harvested for food Louisiana, USA Procambarus clarkii John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red Crab (A land crab) - Single crab on beach close up - Christmas Island - Indian Ocean (Australian Territory)
JPF-9582 Red Crab / Land crab - Single crab on beach close up Christmas Island, Indian Ocean Gecarcoidea natalis Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mellows Lobsters Airplane. Ca. 1948, Lobsters Shipped Anywhere from Gloucester, Mass to California to Private Families and Exclusive Clubs. in and out of Gloucester Eat Mellows Lobsters

Pond life, macrophotograph. At centre is a water flea (Daphnia sp.). A copepod (Cyclops sp.) carrying eggs is at bottom centre. Part of a colony of Volvox sp. algae is at bottom right

Horseshoe Crab FG 5658 Spawning beach Limulus polyphemus © Francois Gohier / ARDEA LONDON
FG-5658 HORSESHOE / KING CRAB, SPAWNING BEACH Limulus polyphemus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lobster, X-ray
Lobster. Coloured X-ray of a common lobster (Homarus gammarus). This is a marine scavenger that inhabits the cool waters of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is valued for its flesh

Partial fossil remains of the giant millepede, Arthropleura
Measuring 7.1 cm long, this Carboniferous fossil represents only part of a leg of the giant millepede Arthropleura

Black & White Illustration: Crab zoea larvae. Pagurus etc
PM-9700 Black & White Illustration: Crab zoea larvae. Pagurus etc Marine plankton Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

RF - Mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) on walk about on coral reef. Puerto Galera, Philippines

Water fleas (Daphnia sp. ) and a green algae (Volvox aureus) in water from a garden pond
Water fleas (Daphnia sp.) and a green algae (Volvox aureus) in water from a garden pond. Derbyshire, UK. September. Digital composite

Atlantic lobster (Homarus americanus). This lobster is found on the Atlantic coast of North America, and it is also known as the American lobster

Portrait of Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) on a beach. San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Tropical East Pacific Ocean

Mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) crawling on the seabed. Despite its name this is neither a mantis or a shrimp, instead being a crustacean only distantly related to the true shrimps

Red Crab (A land crab) - Male ‘dipping to replenish water & salt - Christmas Island - Indian Ocean
JPF-13020 Red Crab (A land crab) - Male dipping to replenish water & salt Christmas Island - Indian Ocean (Australian Territory)

Red Hermit Crab in its habitat, emerging from its shell. On Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean
DH-3678 Red Hermit Crab in its habitat, emerging from its shell. On Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Coenobita perlata Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display

Red Hermit Crab - Emerging from its shell. On Home Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean
DH-3677 Red Hermit Crab - Emerging from its shell. On Home Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Coenobita perlata Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

California gray whale, adult - Colony of barnacles (Cryptolepas rhachianecti)
FG-eb-937 California gray whale - adult, colony of barnacles (Cryptolepas rhachianecti) and Cyamid crustaceans on the head of a gray whale San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California South

Striped Pyjama Squid - Small Pyjama squid surrounded by Mysid shrimp, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia
AU-00333-TED Striped Pyjama SQUID - surrounded by Mysid shrimp Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific Ocean Sepioloidea lineolata Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Ocean Life. Creators: James M. Sommerville, Christian Schussele
Ocean Life

Krill (malacostracans), side view

Velvet Crab, 1870-1 (w / c over pencil on paper)
AMO156672 Velvet Crab, 1870-1 (w/c over pencil on paper) by Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English, out of copyright

Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Grapsus grapsus, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Carantec, Brittany, France, Crevette fishergirls
Carante cin the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France - Crevette fishergirls. Date: circa 1910s

Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfish
Suppl. Tb LVI from Insecten-Belustigung 1756-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reed
A herbarium sheet containing Phragmites australis (Cav.), a common reed which grows in wetlands throughout the America, Europe and parts of Asia. This specimen is from Panama

Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobite
A complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite measuring about 5 cms, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia. The specimen dates back to the Middle Ordovician period

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) adult, breeding plumage, feeding on small crab prey, standing on shingle beach, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, july

Seed shrimp, light micrograph
Seed shrimp. Light micrograph of a seed shrimp (Cyclocypris sp.). The body of this freshwater crustacean is enclosed in two shells, which it can open and close using a special muscle

Velvet / Swimming Crab UK
PM-9590 Velvet / swimming CRAB United Kingdom Portunus puber Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hermit crab Cahuita N. P. Costa Rica
MAR-287 Hermit crab Cahuita N.P. Costa Rica Paguroidea Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sea Otter - eating crab Monterey Bay, California, USA AU-768
FG-7675 SEA OTTER - eating crab Monterey Bay, California, USA Enhydra lutris Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil Fish with Shrimp (Carpopenaus) - Lebanon - Cretaceous
CAN-2475 Fossil Fish with Shrimp (Carpopenaus) Lebanon - Cretaceous Tselvatia John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Hermit Crab - Emerging from its shell. On Home Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean
DH-3676 Red Hermit Crab - Emerging from its shell. On Home Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Coenobita perlata Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Norway lobster and shrimp
Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus 1, and shrimp, Atya scabra 2. Nefrope di Norvegia, Atia spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Tetratheca glandulosa, Tetrateca glandulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Crustaces - in "Le Monde de la Mer"by Alfred Fredol. ed
LSE4082719 CrustacA©s - in " Le Monde de la Mer" by Alfred Fredol. ed. Paris, Hachette. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Lobster Quadrille Postcard by Charles Folkard. ca. 1921, The Lobster Quadrille Postcard by Charles Folkard

Antarctic Krill - Shoal JPF33824
JPF-9387 Antarctic Krill Shoal Euphausia superba crustacea Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Picture No. 11671420
Hermit Crab. Date:

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Crustaceans, the fascinating creatures of the sea, come in all shapes and sizes. From the Greenland shark with its parasitic copepod hitchhiker to the majestic lobster captured in an X-ray image, these crustaceans never fail to amaze us. One standout among them is the Giant Robber or Coconut Crab, perched high on a coconut palm tree in the Indian Ocean. This impressive creature, known as Birgus Latro, can grow to enormous sizes and is truly a sight to behold. But they are not limited to just one species; they encompass a wide variety of animals. From tiny Antarctic Krill floating gracefully through icy waters to Horseshoe Crabs found along Reeds Beach in New Jersey, their diversity knows no bounds. Djibouti boasts another member of this extraordinary group - the Red Swimming Crab. With its vibrant colors and agile movements, it adds beauty and excitement to its surroundings. The Giant Japanese Spider Crab takes center stage with its long legs and imposing presence. Found off the coast of Japan, this colossal creature commands attention wherever it goes. On Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean (an Australian Territory), we find another captivating crustacean - the Red Crab. These land crabs create a stunning spectacle as they gather en masse on beaches during their annual migration. Not only do crustaceans inhabit oceans and shores but also thrive in freshwater ecosystems like ponds. Their intricate forms add charm and intrigue to pond life scenes around the world. Let's not forget about Louisiana Crayfish or Crawfish - widely harvested for food across North America but introduced elsewhere due to their delicious taste. These little critters have become culinary favorites while still maintaining their natural habitats. Lastly, we encounter Horseshoe Crabs once again - this time witnessing their incredible spawning behavior on sandy beaches. Limulus polyphemus showcases nature's wonders as these ancient creatures continue their age-old reproductive rituals.