Carol's Cornwall
A Photographic  Library dedicated to
the Wildlife and Landscape of Cornwall

Crabs
Bristly Crabs
Bristly crab (Pilumnus hirtellus)     female with eggs

Edible Crabs
Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) -1     

Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) -2     underside

Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) - softback     

Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) - dead strandline top

Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) - dead strandline underside

Furrow Crabs
Risso's crab (Xantho pilipes) -1     face-view     with eggs

Risso's crab (Xantho pilipes) -2

Hermit Crabs
Hermit Crab (1)

Hermit Crab (2)   

Hermit Crab in Necklace Shell

Masked Crabs
Masked Crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) - strandline     close-up     claw

Pea Crabs
Pea Crab (Pinnotheres sp.)

Porcelain Crabs
Broad-clawed Porcelain Crab (Porcellana platycheles)     rear

Long-clawed Porcelain Crab (Pisidia longicornis) -1

Long-clawed Porcelain Crab (Pisidia longicornis) -2

Shore Crabs
Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) -1     underside     with eggs

Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) -2     carapace (strandline)

Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) - male abdomen     female abdomen     mouth

Spider Crabs
Common Spider Crab (Maja brachydactyla) - NMA*     dead animal     underside

Leach's Spider Crab (Inachus phalangium) ?     face-view     abdomen

Scorpion Spider Crab (Inachus dorsettensis)

Short-legged Spider Crab (Eurynome aspera)

Swimming Crabs
Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber)     face-view     with eggs     claw - strandline

Toothed Crabs
Toothed Crab (Pirimela denticulata)     close-up

Crayfish
Crayfish (Palinurus elephas) - NMA*

Lobsters

European Lobster
European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) - NMA*

Squat Lobsters
Squat Lobster (Galathea squamifera)     juvenile close-up

All images were taken in rockpools or on beaches around Cornwall except those marked NMA*, which were taken at the National Marine Aquarium.