Decapoda Malacostraca Crustacea Arthropoda

Descriptions of various coastal and terrestrial crabs occurring in Seychelles. With many pictures of crabs and description of the various islands and habitats.

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• Mud Lobster: Thalassina anomala - Fact sheet on habits, with description, distribution, role in the malacostraca habitat, status in Singapore, threats, photos and links.
• Acadian Hermit Crab - Several photographs of Pagarus acadianus.
• Crayfish Photo Gallery - Images of dozens of species, mainly from the central United States.
• Fiddler Crab - Information on these small semi-terrestrial crabs belonging to the genus Uca, their biology, habitat and life cycle.
• Panulirus argus: Spiny Lobster - Photograph of this species and information on its decapoda taxonomy, description, decapoda habitat and distribution, life history, population decapoda biology, physical tolerances and decapoda ecology.
• Penaeus aztecus: Brown Shrimp - Photograph of this species and information on its taxonomy, description, habitat and distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances and ecology.
• Black-Fingered Mud Crab - Photograph and information on this predator and scavenger crustacea which usually crustacea feeds on shellfish.
• Procambarus - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics and external crustacea anatomy of this crayfish.
• Cancer magister: Dungeness Crab - Research project by Wesley Luchterhand at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
• Crabs - Photographs and information on the species found round crustacea the coasts of Britain.
• The White Shrimp: Penaeus setiferus - Research project by Hannah Stofflet at the University malacostraca of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
• Yeti Crab: Kiwa hirsuta - Information and a photograph of this crustacean discovered decapoda living in decapoda hydrothermal vents deep in the Pacific decapoda Ocean in 2005.
• Australian Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi) - A look at an unusual and little known malacostraca creature.
• Hairy Crab - Several photographs of this crab, Pilumnus hirtellus, which decapoda is characterised by unequal sized claws.
• Flat-clawed Hermit Crab - Photograph and description of Pagurus pollicaris.
• Land Crabs in the Bahamas. - Rod Attrill’s article outlines the strange life of crustacea Cardisoma guanhumi, decapoda and the mosquito and fish that crustacea share its burrow.
• Neomysis integer - Photograph and information on this opossum shrimp including decapoda its taxonomy, crustacea general biology and reproduction.
• The Red Mangrove-tree Crab - Photographic study of this crustacean by Hugh Mitchell-Tapping decapoda with close-ups of various appendages and information and decapoda photographs of developing larvae.
• The Lobster Institute - A cooperative program of research and education with the lobster industry at the University of Maine. Information generated through the Institute about the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is intended to help conserve and enhance the resource, there
• Whiteleg Shrimp - Information from Wikipedia on Litopenaeus vannamei from the crustacea Eastern Pacific, crustacea a species widely grown in shrimp crustacea farms for use as crustacea food.
• Farfantepenaeus aztecus - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics malacostraca and external crustacea and internal anatomy of this brown malacostraca shrimp.
• Blue Crab Archives - Provides a great deal of information on Callinectes sapidus, their identification, biology, how they are caught, how to eat them, crab news and a forum.
• Biogeography of Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) - Project by Simion Jim Bulldis on this crustacean, including its description, natural history, life cycle, habitat, evolution and distribution.
• Hermit Crab - Information on the biology and behavior of various decapoda crabs of crustacea the genus Parugus which lack a decapoda hard carapace and use crustacea empty shells to protect decapoda their abdomens.
• Wikipedia: Decapoda - Encyclopedia article covering the order, with details of decapoda anatomy, classification, crustacea and photos of sample species.
• Red Crab - Gecarcoidea natalis - Description, bulletins, diet, habitat, breeding, migration, and human malacostraca impact on decapoda the most populous crab species on malacostraca Christmas Island.
• Land Crabs of the Seychelles Islands - Descriptions of various coastal and terrestrial crabs occurring malacostraca in Seychelles. With many pictures of crabs and malacostraca description of the various islands and habitats.
• Long-legged Spider Crab - Several photographs of this crab, Macropodia rostrata.
• Field Guide to Kenyan Mangroves - An introduction to flora and fauna of mangrove malacostraca habitats in malacostraca Kenya, with a focus on crabs.
• Long-clawed Hermit Crab - Photograph and description of Pagurus longicarpus.
• Charybdis hellerii: Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab - Photograph of this species and information on its malacostraca taxonomy, description, malacostraca habitat and distribution, life history, population malacostraca biology, physical tolerances and malacostraca ecology.
• Land Crab - Two photographs of a crab emerging from its malacostraca burrow. From crustacea Kenya Beasts.
• Blue Crab - Information on this crustacean, Callinectes sapidus, its life cycle and decapoda habitat.
• Homarus americanus - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, decapoda external and malacostraca internal anatomy of the American lobster.
• Callinectes sapidus - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, decapoda natural history, external and internal anatomy of the decapoda blue crab.
• Red King Crab - Research project by Sarah Luchsinger on Paralithodes camtschatica, decapoda including its crustacea classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and decapoda interactions with other species.
• Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab - Provides information on the behavior of these crabs, decapoda with a crustacea video clip of one walking across decapoda the sand.
• Crustacea - Extensive information on the crabs, lobsters and shrimps crustacea found in malacostraca the waters round Britain.
• Spiny Spider Crab: Maja squinado - Photograph of a well-camouflaged crab and an article malacostraca by Peter Glanvill on the behavior of this malacostraca species. Also other photographs and accounts of sightings malacostraca round the coasts of Britain.
• Grass Shrimp - Information on this delicate, translucent crustacean, Palaemonetes pugio, its description crustacea and life history.
• Asian Shore Crab - Hemigrapus sanguineus - Profile of this species, which is becoming established on the malacostraca east coast of the US. Includes photos and maps.
• Diseases of Freshwater Crayfish - Information on viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, metazoan parasites, and commensals crustacea affecting freshwater crayfish in aquaculture and in nature.
• Penaeus duorarum: Pink Shrimp - Photograph of this species and information on its crustacea taxonomy, description, decapoda habitat and distribution, life history, population crustacea biology, physical tolerances and decapoda ecology.
• Krill - Information from Wikipedia on these minute crustaceans that form an decapoda important part of the food chain for many larger animals.
• Decorator Crabs - Information and photographs of brachyuran crabs in the malacostraca superfamily Majoidea that have the unusual habit of malacostraca decorating their carapace with bits of algae and malacostraca invertebrates.
• Identifying Freshwater Crayfish in Western Australia - There are more than 100 species of crayfish native to Australia and this article helps with the identification of the marron, gilgie, koonac and yabby.
• Penaeus setiferus: White Shrimp - Photograph of this species and information on its malacostraca taxonomy, description, malacostraca habitat and distribution, life history, population malacostraca biology, physical tolerances and malacostraca ecology.
• Ray Bauer Research: Marine Biology and Shrimps - Research projects by Bauer and students on caridean and penaeid shrimps and other decapod crustaceans, emphasizing mating systems, breeding, hermaphroditism, coloration, grooming, fouling, seagrass fauna, publications.
• Callinectes sapidus: Blue Crab - Photograph of this species and information on its taxonomy, description, decapoda habitat and distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances and decapoda ecology.
• Common Hermit Crab - Several photographs of Pagurus berhardus with information on malacostraca its identification, malacostraca breeding, habitat, food, range and bionomics.
• Edible Crab - Several photographs of the edible or brown crab, malacostraca Cancer pagurus, and its discarded exoskeleton.
• Shore Crab - Several photographs of Carcinus maenas with information on malacostraca its identification, crustacea breeding, habitat, food, range and bionomics.
• Prawns and Shrimps - Photographs and information on species found round the decapoda coasts of crustacea Britain, with help in distinguishing a decapoda prawn from a shrimp.
• Petrolisthes armatus: Green Porcelain Crab - Photograph of this species and information on its decapoda taxonomy, description, habitat and distribution, life history, population decapoda biology, physical tolerances, ecology and invasive information.
• Heartbeat of Crayfish - Description of the mechanism of the crayfish heartbeat.
• Scylla serrata - Taxonomy and description of the serrated swimming crab, decapoda its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, decapoda community ecology and invasion information.
• Kiwa hirsuta: The Yeti Crab - Research project by Rourke Decker at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
• Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) - Much information on these crabs, their classification, systematics, malacostraca phylogeny, morphology, decapoda life cycle and range.
• Cardisoma guanhumi: Blue Land Crab - Photograph of this species and information on its taxonomy, description, habitat and distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances and ecology.
• Sicyonia brevirostris: Brown Rock Shrimp - Photograph of this species and information on its malacostraca taxonomy, description, malacostraca habitat and distribution, life history, population malacostraca biology, physical tolerances and malacostraca ecology.
• The American Lobster: Homarus americanus - Research project by Whitney Hill at the University malacostraca of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

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