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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Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- typical crab / dorsal view 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- typical crab / face view 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- typical crab / claw inner 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- typical crab / claw outer 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- typical crab / leg hairs 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 2

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 3

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 4

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 5

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 6

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 7

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- dorsal view 8

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- face view 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- face view 2

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- carapace 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- claw 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- claw 2

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- male abdomen 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- female abdomen 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- berried female 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- berried female 2

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- epibionts, including spirorbid worms and entoprocts 1

Montagu's or Furrowed crab
Xantho hydrophilus
- epibionts, including spirorbid worms and entoprocts 2

Images taken at various locations on rocky lowershores on very low tides across the south coast of Devon and Cornwall. Places include Devil's Point, Wembury and Batten Bay near Plymouth, Devon; and at Hannafore Point near Looe; Spit Point near Par and Marazion near Penzance, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Xantho hydrophilus, Xantho incisus, Montagu's crab, Furrowed crab, Grooved crab, Kerbkrabbe, Gekerfde krab, Xanthe, Xanto.

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.