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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Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- dorsal view female 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- ventral view female 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- juvenile 1

Specimens above found in fouling on the side of a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 08.02.17 and 13.06.17.

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 2

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 3

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 4

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 5

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 6

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- top view 7

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- front view 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- front view 2

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- abdomen 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- abdomen 2

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- abdomen and claw

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- claw 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- claw 2

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- zoea 1

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- zoea 2

Long-clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis
- zoea 3

Commonly found under stones and boulders on rocky shores from the middleshore to low tide mark. Images taken at Devil's Point, Batten Bay and Wembury, Devon; and at Spit Point, Par; Hannafore Beach, Looe and at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall.

Often found with Broad-clawed porcelain crab.

Scientific and European Names:
Pisidia longicornis, Porcellana longicornis, Long-clawed porcelain crab, Minute porcelain crab, Porselenskrabbe, Gewoon porseleinkrabbetje, Porseleinkrab, Porseleinkrabbetje, Crabe porcelaine, Porselenskrabbe, Porslinskrabba.

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.