Marine Invertebrates
Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea)
Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Crab species

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32 species

Amarinus paralacustris (Amarinus paralacustris)

Brachynotus spinosus (Little Shore Crab)

Brachynotus spinosus
Brachynotus spinosus

Carcinus maenas (European Shore Crab)

Carcinus maenas
Carcinus maenas

Cyclograpsus audouinii (Cyclograpsus audouinii)

Cyclograpsus audouinii
Cyclograpsus audouinii

Heloecius cordiformis (Semaphore Crab)

Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis

Helograpsus haswellianus (Haswell's Shore Crab)

Helograpsus haswellianus
Helograpsus haswellianus

Ilyograpsus paludicola (Ilyograpsus paludicola)

Leptograpsus variegatus (Purple Rock Crab)

Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus

Litocheira bispinosa (Two-spined Slender-clawed Crab)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes (A Crab)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes

Metopograpsus sp. (genus) (A Crab)

Metopograpsus sp. (genus)
Metopograpsus sp. (genus)

Mictyris longicarpus (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus

Mictyris platycheles (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles

Mictyris sp. (genus) (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)

Naxia aurita (Smooth Seaweed-crab)

Naxia sp. (genus) (Spider crabs)

Naxia tumida (Little Seaweed Crab)

Notomithrax minor (Small Seaweed Crab)

Ocypode convexa (Ocypode convexa)

Ocypode cordimana (Smooth-Handed Ghost Crab)

Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana

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  • All conservation levels (change?)
  • Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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