APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- carapace of berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- right side of carapace of berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- front teeth berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- three front teeth between eyes of a berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- dorsal view of the claw / cheliped of a berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- swimming leg (P5) of berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- eggs of berried female 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- dorsal view berried female with gravel background 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- habitat / location Cressars 1

The berried female above was found in a sediment sample taken from the low water mark on an extremely low tide at the Cressars, east of Penzance, Cornwall, 28.04.21.

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- carapace of male crab 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- ventral view male crab 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- abdomen of male 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- front of carapace male 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- right side and carpel male 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- claw / cheliped male 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- swimming leg (P5) male 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- in-situ when found 1

The male specimen above found washed-up dead but in reasonable condition in front of Smeaton's Pier, St. Ives, Cornwall, 15.06.15.

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- carapace 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- front of carapace 2

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- claw / cheliped 2

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- claw / cheliped 3

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- carpel of cheliped 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- swimming leg (P5) -2

Specimen above represents an old moulted crab shell found at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 22.08.17.

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- dorsal view 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- dorsal view knipper claw 1

Grey swimming crab
Liocarcinus vernalis
- swimming leg (P5) -3

Specimen found in a small seine net during a demonstration at the MBA Bioblitz, North Sands, Salcombe, Devon. 27.09.15.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.