by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Species List
Broad-clawed porcelain crab – Porcellana platycheles Think a crab couldnt be fluffy! Well think again, look at this fluffy fella! Broad-clawed porcelain crabs (wow thats a mouthfull) love to live on the bottom of rocks, so if you turn over a rock dont...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Species List
Long-clawed porcelain crabs – Pisidia longicornis This little crab is a delight to find, its small, sometimes a beautiful bright red colour with markings. It can be told apart from the other similar species the broad-clawed porcelain crab, by well...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Other Species that move, Species List
European Lobster – Homarus gammarus Lobsters are one of the most awe inducing finds on the rocky shore. Lobsters love to live under rocks, often where they tide has eroded rocks so that a lobster can squeeze in and out but nothing else can. Being bright...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Species List
Hermit Crab – Pagarus bernhardus WHAT LITTLE LOVELIES! Hermit crabs bring pure joy to anyone who finds them rockpooling – the East coast of the UK seems to always be particulary full of them too. Not true crabs, these little creatures need to find shells...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Species List
Edible Crab – Cancer pagarus This species is as close as youll get to a calm crab, well on the rockyshore perhaps. Rockyshores tend to be great places for small juviniles to live, but they can get much larger, with much scarier claws out to sea. Its these...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Species List
Common Shore Crab – Carcinus maenas I bloomin’ love crabs! The common shore crab is a staple of the british coast, rare is the rockpool where you dont cross paths with these creatures. They love to scuttle, abloe to move quickly about the shore...
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