APHOTOMARINE
An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.
Prawns and Shrimps
- Alpheoidea
Alpheus
Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835b) - Snapping prawn
Athanas
Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1813) - Hooded shrimp
Hippolyte
Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863a) - A Prawn
Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814
- Chameleon or Varying prawn
- Crangonoidea
Crangon
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brown or Common shrimp
Philocheras
Philocheras fasciatus (Risso, 1816) - A Shrimp
- Palaemonidae
Palaemon
Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 - Glass prawn
Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
- Common or Great prawn
Comparative Images
Brown shrimp / Common prawn
Palaemon serratus (Common prawn)
- with Palaemon elegans
Prawns and Shrimps - to identify
Opossum Shrimps - Mysida
Praunus
Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) - Chameleon shrimp
Small Shrimp-like Animals - Leptostraca
Nebalia
Nebalia bipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Marine Animals Resembling Woodlice (Isopoda)
Astacilla
Astacilla danmoniensis (Stebbing, 1874)
syn. Arcturella damnoniensis
Cymodoce
Cymodoce truncata Leach, 1814
Dynamene
Dynamene bidentata (Adams, 1800)
Eurydice
Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1815 - John Harvey bug
Gnathia
Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)
Idotea
Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)
Idotea granulosa Rathke, 1843
Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Idotea metallica Bosc, 1802
Idotea neglecta Sars, 1897
Janira
Janira maculosa Leach, 1814
Ligia
Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) - Sea Slater or Bilge Bug
Limnoria
Limnoria sp. probably L. lignorum - Gribble (damage)
Lekanesphaera
Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814)
Sphaeroma
Sphaeroma species
European Names - Crustaceans, Krebstiere, Schaaldieren, Crustaces, Crustaceos, Crostacei.
