Crustacea Collection (page 8)

Insects
Drawing 402 from the Watling Collection simply titled a crab, a spider, a snail, two butterflies and a caterpillar by Thomas Watling

Colourful illustration of two fish and a stomatopod
Plate 28 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 two crustaceans
Folio 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of three fish and a crabs
Plate 50 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 two fish, a crab and a crayfish
Plate 47 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 an eel and a crustacean
Plate 45 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 five fish and a crustacean
Plate 26 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 five fish, two lobsters and a crab
Plate 53 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Coronula diarnderna
Plate 10, watercolour by Anna Atkins from her 256 original drawings for Lamarcks Genera of shells, 1822-24

Astroboa clavata, basketstar

Pacifastacus leniusculus, signal crayfish
Signal crayfish specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mesolimulus, a fossil horseshoe crab
The Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus, 17 cm long, from the famous fossil locality of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany

Porcellio sccaber, woodlouse
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing all the units that make up the compound eye of a woodlouse

Marrella splendens, lace crab
This is a small, aquatic arthropod originating from the Burgess Shale in Canada dating from the Middle Cambrian

Glyptonotus antarcticus

Limulus polyphemus, horseshoe crab
Fossil of the oldest crab in the world. The species is estimated to be at least 300 million years old and is characterised by a long, pointed tail

Mallacoota insignis
Amphipod from the Indian Ocean

Species of prawn and shrimp reared at the Museum
To understand more about the life histories of many Atlantic shellfish species are reared at the Museum & observed closely

Psittaculirostris desmarestii, large fig parrot
Plate 35 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Illustration by John Abbot from his Insects of Georgia, 1787

Cancer terrestris
Land crab plate 32 from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas, Vol 2 by Mark Catesby

Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardus
Plate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)

Alle alle, little auk
Plate 339 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Rainbow Crab / Patriot Crab - shows compound eyes - coastal regions of West Africa
PM-10675 Rainbow Crab / Patriot Crab - shows compound eyes coastal regions of West Africa Cardisoma armatum Pat Morris contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Rainbow Crab / Patriot Crab - coastal regions of West Africa
PM-10674 Rainbow Crab / Patriot Crab coastal regions of West Africa Cardisoma armatum Pat Morris contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Ghost crab burrows on a beach at sunrise. Ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) emerge from their burrows to feed at night. The only evidence of them during the day is the piles of sand excavated from their

Commensal shrimp on a reef
Commensal shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) on a reef. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Hingebeak shrimp on a reef
Hingebeak shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) on a reef. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Porcelain crab on a sea pen
Porcelain crab (Porcellanella triloba) on a sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca Island, Indonesia

Sculptured shrimp (Sclerocrangon boreas). Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Goose barnacle on a sea pen
Goose barnacle (Lepas anatifera) attached to a purple sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana). Photographed off Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Dead great spider crab

Hingebeak shrimp on a sponge
Hingebeak shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) on a sponge. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Hingebeak shrimp on a seasquirt
Hingebeak shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) on an ink-spot sea squirt (Polycarpa aurata) on a reef. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Tufted ghost crab (Ocypode cursor) on sand. Ghost crabs live on sandy shores in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Photographed on the Mediterranean Shore, Israel

Elegant squat lobsters. Pair of elegant squat lobsters (Allogalathea elegans) perched at base of featherstar (crinoid). Photographed in Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Hydroid crab on a seasquirt (blue). The hydroid crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) has decorated its body with hydroid (Hydrozoa) polyps

Spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) in a shell. Photographed off Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Anemone shrimp. Ancylomenes sarasvati anemone shrimp in a bleached sea anemone (order Actiniaria). Photographed off Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Sponge crab. Close-up of a Dromidiopsis australiensis sponge crab with its sponge. Sponge crabs are known for their ability to shape a living sponge into a portable shelter

Harlequin shrimp on a starfish
Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta, upper centre) on a mottled starfish (Linckia multifora). The harlequin shrimp turns live starfish upside-down, so that they can not get away

Rock shrimp (Urocaridella sp.). Photographed off Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Emperor shrimp (Periclemenes imperator). Photographed off Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Parasitic isopod on cardinalfish
Parasitic isopod (Nerocila sp.) on blackstripe cardinalfish (Apogon nigrofasciatus). Photographed off Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Anemone shrimp on bubble coral. Photographed off Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Freshwater shrimp, SEM
Freshwater shrimp. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a freshwater shrimp (Gammarus pulex), showing its large eyes (black)

Hairy squat lobster on a sponge
Hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) on a sponge. Photographed off Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Amphipod inside a lions mane jellyfish

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