Squat Lobsters

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Nordsømuseet Hirtshals

Yeti Crab: This new family of crab was discovered off the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge in the South Pacific OceanYeti Crab: This new family of crab was discovered off the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge in the South Pacific Ocean (37°46.50'S, 110°54.70'W). It was named Kiwa hirsuta kiwa, after the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology, but has become known as the "yeti crab" because of its hairy appearance. The crab was collected by slurp gun from the Alvin submersible at 2228 M water depth. Reference: Macpherson E., Jones J. & M. Segonzac, 2005. A new Squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Zoosystema 27(4): 709-723.

Porcellana sayana. Petrollisthes armatus; Petrolisthes sexspinosus

Munidopsis crassa. Dorsal view of the female (8563), from station 2224

Last larval stage of the common porcelain crab (Porcellana longicornis).

Diptychus nitidus, d'apres Milne-Edwards et Bouvier.

Munida rugosa. British.

Porcellana ceccinea.

Figure 1.Paramunida haigae sp. n. male holotype, 16.6 mm (LACM–CR1973-3312). Christmas (Kiritimati) Island. A carapace and abdomen, dorsal view B carapace, lateral profile C sternum D left antennule and antenna, ventral view E right maxilliped 3, lateral view. Scale: 5 mm (scale 1 for A–C, E; scale 2 for D).

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.