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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Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- dorsal view 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- dorsal view 2

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- ventral view / abdomen 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- frontal view 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- claw / cheliped 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- claws / chelipeds 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- legs / pereiopods 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- dorsal view carapace 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- in Mussel / Mytilus sp. 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- in Mussel / Mytilus sp. 2

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- dorsal view 3

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

Female specimen above found living inside a mussel at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall, 27.05.18.

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- cooked specimen 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- abdomen cooked specimen 1

Pea crab
Pinnotheres pisum
- front cooked specimen 1

Species found at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. Animal was actually found in the bottom of a pan, on cooking mussels picked from the site above. 11.02.09.

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.