Crustacea Collection (page 5)

Carrier crab (Homolochunia kullar). This crab lives at a depth of 500-1000 metres in the Pacific Ocean around New Caledonia and Eastern Australia. Unusually, it has rear and front pincers

Calthrop crab (Rhinolambrus contrarius). This crab lives at a depth of 50-60 metres in Indonesia and the West Pacific. The carapace (shell) of this specimen measures 4cm wide

Copepod larva, polarised light micrograph C016 / 8577
Copepod larva. Polarised light micrograph of a nauplius larva. A nauplius is the first larval stage of a crustacean in which the thorax and abdomen have not developed yet

Isopod specimen C016 / 6199
Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus). Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Boxer crab with anemones
This boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, attaches small stinging anemones to its claws for defence. Photographed at Depan Galala, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Squat lobster in crinoid home
A crinoid squat lobster, Allogalathea elegans, Sheltering at the base of a colourful crinoid. Photographed at Lilai North, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus). This species of woodlouse is widespread across Europe. Photographed in Poland

Amphipod crustacean. Close-up of the amphipod (Anonyx nugax). Amphipods typically have a laterally flattened body and fourteen limbs

Hermit crab with sponge
A darkglove hermit crab, Calcinus haigae, that has placed a green sponge on its back. This is used for protection and camouflage. Photographed off Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Red frog crab (Ranina ranina). This edible crab lives at a depth of 10-15 metres on the sea bed of the Indo-West Pacific, from the African east coast to Japan and across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii

Moon crab (Matuta victor). This swimming crab is found in the Indo-West Pacific and has legs that are flattened to enable it to swim efficiently through the water

Male Poupinia hirsuta crab. This crab lives at a depth of around 450 metres in Polynesia. The discovery of Poupinia hirsuta was a great scientific event for carcinologists (specialists in crabs)

Guard crab (Trapezia rufopunctata). This crab lives on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific, Maldives and Polynesia. The carapace (shell) of this specimen measures 2cm wide

Human-faced crab (Dorippe quadridens). This crab is found at a depth of 30-100 metres, throughout the South China Sea, Vietnam and the Indopacific, from Madagascar to Australia

Spotted rock crab (Carpilius maculatus). This edible crab lives at a depth of 10-15 metres in the Indo-West Pacific. Its carapace (upper shell)

Commensal shrimp on sea fan
A well camouflaged commensal shrimp, Periclimenes psamathe, sat on host sea fan. Photographed at Lilai Jetty, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Soft coral crab in Indonesia
Portrait of a soft coral crab, Hoplophrys oatesii, perfectly camouflaged on red soft coral. Photographed on reef on Tafaga, Moti Island, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Commensal shrimp on anemon
A commensal shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis, resting on its host anemone. Photographed at Rasdhoo Atoll, North Male, Maldives

Filter feeding porcelain crab
A porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. The crab is holding up its filter feeding arms into the current to catch food

Juvenile crinoid crab
Close up of a tiny juvenile elbow cinoid crab, Harrovia albolineata. Sat on the arm of its host crinoid. On reef off Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Commensal shrimp in cora
Colourful commensal shrimp, Pontonia Katoi, poking out of coral host. Taken in the seas around Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Portrait of mantis shrimp
Portrait of a spearing mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina Sp. One of the quickest animals on the planet, it is an ambush preditor that hides in its burrow waiting to strike at passing fish

Flower crab, 18th century artwork C016 / 5863
Flower crab (Portunus pelagicus), watercolour. Cut out from Plate 49 by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer from his collection of zoological drawings

Signal crayfish C016 / 5780
signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Signal crayfish C016 / 5779
signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Box crab, artwork C016 / 5611
Box crab (Calappa philargius). Painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection, (1754-1757)

Stalk-eyed trilobite fossil C016 / 5560
Stalk-eyed trilobite (Asaphus kowalewskii). A complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite fossil measuring approximately 5 centimetress, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia

Terrestrial crab, artwork C016 / 5545
Terrestrial crab, artwork. Plate 32 from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas, Vol 2 by Mark Catesby

Flower crab, artwork C016 / 5536
Flower crab (Portunus pelagicus). Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge, circa 1910

Thomas Bell, British zoologist C016 / 4960
Thomas Bell (1792-1880), British zoologist. Bell inherited a keen interest in natural history from his mother, and carried this through while training as a dental surgeon in London

European river life, artwork C016 / 3451
European river life. Artwork showing various typical plants and animals that live on a river in southern Europe

Daphnia C013 / 7657
Daphnia are small planktonic Crustaceans belonging to the order Cladocera, also called Water Fleas because of their saltatory swimming style

Discodermid sponge
Discodermia lives a sessile life on the seabed around North America and the Caribbean

Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever found
Three centimetres long and only a little longer than a finger nail. Discovered in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century. This crab lived 180 million years ago

Pollicipes mitella
These barnacles were collected by Hugh Cuming who is mostly known for collecting shells. He gave Darwin his barnacle collection to study

Electric-blue European lobster
The strikingly coloured electric-blue European lobster was caught off the east coast of Scotland and spotted at a London fish market in November 2011

Foraminifera and ostracods models
Bees wax models of foraminifera and ostracods made by Clive Sheppard for an exhibition in the Invertebrates Gallery, at the Natural History Museum, London

Colourful illustration of a mermaid and a lobster
Plate 57 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of of two fish and a crustacean
Folio 42 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Cut out from Plate 49, watercolour by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer from his collection of Zoological drawings

Plate 94 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Hyas araneus, great spider crab
Plate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 125 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Metrosideros fulgens, scarlet rata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

LS Plate 90 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Collection of sea creatures
Plate from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Erimacrus isenbeckii, hair crab
Plate 114 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

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