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Crustaceans found in Guernsey marine waters including barnacles; copepods; ostracods; malacostracans (cumaceans, tanaids, mysids, isopods, amphipods, and decapods (shrimp/ prawns, lobsters, anomurans, and crabs).

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sealord > The frontal region of a green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, from Grand Havre on the north coast of Guernsey. Photographed on 14 April 2003 File No. 27-652 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Guernsey crustacea > Carcinus maenas BG 190507 32-904 smg
sealord > A male green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, embraces a female green shore crab underneath. The male cradles the female and protects her while she is in the soft-shell state. He reproduces with her after she has moulted her old shell and remains with her until her new shell is hard. These crabs are from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. They were held together like this on the 19 May 2007. File No. BG 190507 36-904 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A velvet swimming crab, Necora puber, known as a lady crab in Guernsey from La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. File No. 31-649 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The juvenile swimming crab, Liocarcinus arcuatus, was common in the eel grass, Zostera marinus, beds on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast in February. Photographed on the 20 February 2007. File No. BG 200207 17-882 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > European edible or brown crab, Cancer pagurus, are resident under boulders and cobbles on the Guernsey seashore until they reach a carapace width of between about 9 and 12 cm before they move out into deeper water. The minimum landing size for the edible crab in Bailiwick of Guernsey waters is 14 cm. This image shows a crab that has recently undergone ecdysis or moulting on the shore in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The crab on the left is alive and has a soft-shell. The empty crab body on the right shows the crab's size before it moulted its old shell and expanded the new one which was formed underneath the old shell. This crab was photographed on the 17 May 2007. File No. BG 170507 2-903 ©RLLord
sealord > Pennant's nut crab, Ebalia tuberosa, from a Clive Brown crab pot off the south coast of Guernsey on 28 September 2003. File No. 8-710 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, was dug up from the beach by a bait digger at extreme low water during a spring tide in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on the 20 February 2007. File No.BG 200207 27-880 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Guernsey crustacea > Corystes cassivelaunus BG 200207 17-880 smg
The frontal region of a green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, from Grand Havre on the north coast of Guernsey.
Photographed on 14 April 2003
File No. 27-652
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
> The frontal region of a green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, from Grand Havre on the north coast of Guernsey. Photographed on 14 April 2003 File No. 27-652 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The frontal region of a green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, from Grand Havre on the north coast of Guernsey.
Photographed on 14 April 2003
File No. 27-652
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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Keywords: english channel channel islands sea shore marine invertebrate grand havre guernsey marine life green shore crab shore crab british marine life crab image crab photograph crab picture carcinus maenas crab mouth crab eyes
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