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

masked crab Corystes cassivelaunus from a sandy substrate in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

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masked crab Corystes cassivelaunus from a sandy substrate in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

This masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, which is also known as the helmet crab or sand crab, 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.

They form a breathing tube with their antennae to reach the surface of the substrate when they are burried in it.

They are very accomplished diggers and can bury themselves in the sand very rapidly.

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Guernsey crustacea