Cancridae Latreille 1802

Item Type: Image Title: Cancer pagurus Species: Cancer pagurus Behaviour: Walking along seafloor Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- WhirlwindNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Whirlwind Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 184 Latitude: 60 deg 17' 01" N Longitude: 3 deg 50' 19" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Borgsten Dolphin Project Partners: Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Subsea 7 ROV: Pioneer 027 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 15 November 2010

Kattegatcentret Grenå

Description: Common crab, Cancer pagurus was seen at Lancaster on a return visit 9 months after drilling. The Boulders are encrusted with Pomatocerus sp. Item Type: Image Title: Cancer pagurus Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Cancer pagurus, Pomatocerus sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LancasterNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lancaster Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 155 Latitude: 60 deg 11' 13" N Longitude: 3 deg 51' 18" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Borgsten Dolphin Project Partners: Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Subsea 7 ROV: Pioneer 027 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 17 November 2010

Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, Esbjerg

Description: The crab Cancer pagurus at a baited time-lapse camera Item Type: Image Title: Cancer pagurus Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Cancer pagurus Behaviour: Attracted to bait Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- WhirlwindNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Whirlwind Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 184 Latitude: 60 deg 17' 01" N Longitude: 3 deg 50' 19" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Borgsten Dolphin Project Partners: Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Subsea 7 ROV: Pioneer 027 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 06 December 2010

Kattegatcentret Grenå

Kattegatcentret Grenå

Item Type: Image Title: Cancer pagurus Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Cancer pagurus Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LancasterNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lancaster Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 147 Latitude: 60 deg 11' 13" N Longitude: 3 deg 51' 18" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Sedco 712 Project Partners: Hurricane Energy, Transocean, Fugro ROV: FCV609 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 11 September 2014

Description: Large Cancer pagurus (Brown crab/Edible crab) and Scyliorhinus canicula (lesser spotted dogfish/small spotted catshark) attracted to baited camera experiment. Item Type: Image Title: Catshark and crabs at baited camera Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Scyliorhinus canicula, Cancer pagurus Behaviour: Attracted to bait Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- HalifaxNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Halifax Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 130 Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Transocean Spitsbergen Project Partners: Hurricane Energy, Transocean, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 139 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 01 November 2017

Some individuals are lighter colored, as this individual. Numbers on scale are centimeters. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2005.

The tip of the dactyl on the chela of Cancer productus is dark, and the propodus has several tubercles, some of which are usually arranged in longitudinal lines.

Edible crab; Noordzeekrab.

Jonah crab

Front-on view. Note the tubercles on the dorsal margins of the chelipeds

The carapace of Cancer productus has 10 teeth lateral to the eye. The carapace is widest at the 9th tooth.

The many setae are most evident when the animal is underwater, as in this picture.

In this individual (live) one can see the fringes of setae on the legs.

This species often nestles in holes in rocks, as seen in this photo from Cape Flattery, WA. Often a male and female nestle in the same hole.

This large male is holding a smaller female, in preparation for her molt.

Two individuals are nestling in adjacent holes (top right and bottom left) in this intertidal rock at Beach #4, Kalaloch. The bottom left hole is also occupied by an anemone. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2012.