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

Female Liocarcinus arcuatus living amongst eel grass in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 20th February 2007

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Female Liocarcinus arcuatus living amongst eel grass in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 20th February 2007

This well camouflaged juvenile female Liocarcinus arcuatus crab was found in the eel grass beds at extreme low water in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.

R.W. Ingle in his book "British Crabs" gives this crab a common name of 'arch fronted swimming crab' but common names are not well established for many crab species.
This individual has a carapace or shell width of 10.0 mm.
This image was taken with a Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on the 20th February 2007.

File No. 200207 6762
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From Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

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Guernsey crustacea