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.

Porcelain crabs

Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Porcellanidae (Family)

Porcellana
Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777)
- Broad-clawed porcelain crab

Pisidia
Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Long-clawed porcelain crab

Stone or King crabs

Anomura (Infraorder) > Lithodoidea (Superfamily) >
Lithodidae (Family)

Lithodes
Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern stone crab
or Norwegian king crab (Photography by Paul Semens)

Hermit crabs

Anomura (Infraorder) > Paguroidea (Superfamily) > Diogenidae (Family)

Clibanarius
Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818)
- St. Piran's hermit crab

Diogenes
Diogenes pugilator (Roux, 1829) - A Hermit crab

Anomura (Infraorder) > Paguroidea (Superfamily) > Paguridae (Family)

Anapagurus
Anapagurus hyndmanni (Bell, 1846) - A Hermit crab

Pagurus
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common hermit crab
Pagurus cuanensis Bell, 1845 - Hairy hermit crab
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815
- Prideaux's, Deep or Anemone hermit crab

Squat lobsters

Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Galatheidae (Family)

Galathea
Galathea dispersa Bate, 1859 - A Squat lobster
Galathea nexa Embleton, 1834 - Fury squat lobster
Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814
- Scaly / Black squat lobster or Montagu's plated lobster
Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Spinous squat lobster

Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Munididae (Family)

Munida
Munida rugosa (Fabricius, 1775) - Rugose squat lobster

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