Guernsey crustacea

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

More images of crustacea can be viewed in the Belle Greve Bay, Guernsey gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514797#139888289

A snapping prawn, Alpheus macrocheles, from Belle Greve Bay

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A snapping prawn, Alpheus macrocheles, from Belle Greve Bay

Normally the snapping prawn, Alpheus macrocheles, is found subtidally but this individual was found under a cobble in a gully by Quaine rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. It was found at extreme low water during a big spring tide on 20 March 2007.

The snapping prawn is well-named for the loud sound it can make when alarmed. It makes this sound by snapping the heavy dactyl of the left claw against the propodus, which causes a cavitation in the water. The startling sound resembles a cluck that can be made by moving ones tongue over the roof of the mouth.

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From Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

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Guernsey crustacea