October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

C is for Crabs

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Close-up detail of a common shore crab at Studland

Fiddler crab by its burrow on a muddy seashore in Australia

Ai Weiwei porcelain river crab installation He Xie at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

South-claw Hermit Crab

Moulted crab shell in rock pool on Normanby Island

Detail of crabs in a mosaic picture of a fishmonger shop

Masked Crab waiting for the tide to come in

Soldier Crabs at Cape Tribulation (1) - A tiny individual Soldier Crab (about 1 cm across carapace) on the muddy wet sand at Myall Beach near Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia.

Common Edible Crab: A Common Edible Crab, Cancer pagurus L., with its typical 'pie-crust' carapace on the beach at Rhossili, Gower, West Glamorgan, UK (3)

The small crab Portumnus latipes (Pennant) emerging from the wet sand at low tide level on Rhossili beach, Gower, South Wales, UK (1)

Living Masked Crab, Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant), braced in the wet sand to meet the on-coming waves, Rhossili, Gower, South Wales (1)

Shore crab picture: A living Common Green Shore Crab where it has just been tossed by the waves onto the wet sand, showing the bright brick red underside, at Studland Bay, Dorset, UK - part of the Jurassic Coast (1)

The Scorpion Spider Crab after it had been rinsed in the sea at Studland Bay, Dorset, UK - part of the Jurassic Coast (4)

Crab pictures: an unusual small Spider Crab, Inachus sp., stranded on the beach at Studland Bay, Dorset, UK on 1st March 2009. Studland is part of the World Heritage Site Jurassic Coast (1)

Hermit Crab

A detail of the pink carapace or shell of a Common Edible Crab, Cancer pagurus L., found on the beach at Rhossili, Gower, West Glamorgan, UK, showing the surface texture of thousands of tiny white tubercles or bumps (5)

A snapshot of a Green Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus), on a sandy beach.

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Spider Crab Carapace

Green Shore Crab living in a rock pool on the Worms Head Causeway

Ghost Crab

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A tiny Hermit Crab living in an empty dog whelk shell at Rhossili, Gower, West Glamorgan, UK.

Here are some of my favourite crab pictures from previous posts.

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9 Replies to “C is for Crabs”

Emma Cownie says:

October 5, 2019 at 7:26 am

Crabs are pretty amazing creatures!

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winderjssc says:

October 5, 2019 at 8:25 am

There are so many types. I don’t go looking for them but just come across them as I walk, and there are 15 types represented here.

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Linda Grashoff says:

October 5, 2019 at 4:34 pm

What a visual feast! Makes me feel bad about enjoying their taste.

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Emma Cownie says:

October 5, 2019 at 5:34 pm

Fifteen! That’s pretty amazing. I am ashmed to say I have never really noticed that there were different types of crabs?!! I just thought they were small or big ones, I know that sounds utterly ridicuolus! I just never paid much attention. I will form now on.

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winderjssc says:

October 5, 2019 at 8:43 pm

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, most of these crabs are really tiny and not suitable or worth eating.

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winderjssc says:

October 5, 2019 at 8:47 pm

Thank you,nEmma. I guess you have to be walking along the shore with your eyes down most of the time to notice them, rather than scanning the wider landscape and looking at the play of light and shadows. You notice things in your own unique way with such wonderful paintings as a result.

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Claudia McGill says:

October 5, 2019 at 10:24 pm

I love the patterns and colors, I especially like the portrait views when the crab is looking at us!

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winderjssc says:

October 6, 2019 at 6:41 am

Thank you, Claudia.

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Emma Cownie says:

October 6, 2019 at 7:53 am

Thank you, Jessica!

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