APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common shore or Green crab
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Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- recently moulted 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- recently moulted 2

Specimen above found at Gillian Harbour, near Helford, Cornwall, 10.03.15.

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- claw / cheliped 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- tip of hind leg 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- teeth at edge of carapace 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- front middle of carapace 1

Specimen above represents an old moulted crab shell found at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 22.08.17.

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- with Sagartiogeton undatus 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- with Sagartiogeton undatus 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- with Sagartiogeton undatus 3

The specimen above found with the Small snakelocks anemone, Sagartiogeton undatus, on its carapace. It was found in a prawn trap at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 06.09.16.

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- carapaces on strandline 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- carapaces on strandline 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- carapaces on strandline 3

Numerous old carapaces were found on the strandline at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall, 03.10.17.

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- moulted / softback / old shell 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- moulted / softback / old shell 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- moulted / softback 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- moulted / softback 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / old male 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / front view 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / front view 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / abdomen / male 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / eggs 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- red / eggs close-up 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- eggs close-up 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- green 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- green / abdomen / male 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- face view 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- face view 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- face view close-up 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- marbled 1

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- marbled 2

Common shore or Green crab
Carcinus maenas
- dried carapace 1

A very common species across the region; commonly found between the tides in estuaries, in harbours and on the open shore. Recent images taken at Lariggan Rocks, Wherry Town, Penzance, 13.08.11; and at Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 25.09.11.

Scientific and European Names:
Carcinus maenas, Common shore crab, Green crab, Dwarsloper, Strandkrab, Crabe vert, Cangrejo verde, Granchio.

Carcinus maenas Shore Crab Green Crab Crustacean Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.