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sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast > Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
sealord > This image shows a juvenile xanthid crab which was living in a large tide pool in Belle Greve Bay. This individual is the smallest xanthid crab I have seen with a carapace width of 21.4 mm. I believe it is Xantho incisus which is chocolate brown as an adult with black tipped claws. File No. BG 090208 2964 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The less furrowed crab or Risso's crab, Xantho pilipes, is the least common of the three xanthid crabs found intertidally in Guernsey. The much smaller hairy crab, Pilumnus hirtellus, is much more common and the larger chocolate-brown coloured Xantho incisus, is slightly more common. Xantho pilipes can be easily separated from Xantho incisus because it has a thick line of setae (hairs) on its rear pereiopods (legs). Xantho incisus has far fewer setae. This specimen was found under a boulder in Belle Greve Bay on 20 March 2007. File No. BG 200307 22-893 ©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 > The hairy crab, Pilumnus hirtellus, is commonly found under boulders and cobbles and in tide pools on the Guernsey seashore. This individual was found in Belle Greve Bay on teh 6 November 2006. File No. 061106 29-866 ©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
sealord > Guernsey crustacea > Corystes cassivelaunus front BG 200207 35-880 smg
sealord > These two Xantho incisus crabs are the sole xanthid crabs inhabiting a small tide pool in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The larger male has heavy claws and a carapace width of 56.2 mm. The smaller female has a carapace width of 42.6 mm. Photographed on the 5 March 2007 with a Canon S80 compact digital camera with an underwater housing. File No. 050307 6861 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast > Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
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