Crab Collection

Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon)
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card

Crustaces - crustaceans
A variety of crustaceans including some rather fierce looking crabs and lobsters. Date: 1930

Decapoda crabs and shrimps: horrid elbow crab, Daldorfia horrida, sentinel crab, Podophthalmus vigil, Gibbs sea spider, Pisa armata, angular crab, Goneplax rhomboides, Solenolambrus tenellus

Mother Shows You How: on the beach. From Teddy Bear (11 August 1973)

Lobster, Crab & Friends
An attractive blue lobster with red feelers and a crab and a shrimp and some other crustacea on the sea bed

Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the Pool of Tears
Alice in Wonderland -- Alice swims with various birds and animals in the Pool of Tears. Date: early 20th century

In Possession. By A. E. Bestall
Three girls sat on a bank by a stream watching a crab under the water. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years

Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reed
A herbarium sheet containing Phragmites australis (Cav.), a common reed which grows in wetlands throughout the America, Europe and parts of Asia. This specimen is from Panama

Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab
A boy wearing a diving mask stands silhouetted against the sea and sky, holding a crab

Fishermen by the sea with lobster / crab pots
Fishermen with their pots and nets. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Old Crab Tree Inn, Fulham, 1898
Photograph showing the Old Crab Tree Inn, Fulham, in London, 1898, which was due for demolition that year

Female Gurner
A woman gurner pulls a truely awful face through a leather ring during the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Children on Beach 3 of 4
Children on the beach - a boy in a sailor suit has his trousers bitten by a crab

Norway lobster and shrimp
Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus 1, and shrimp, Atya scabra 2. Nefrope di Norvegia, Atia spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Crab varieties
Purple land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola 1, hermit crab, Paguristes eremita 2, sea hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus 3, and sand crab, Cancer arenarius 4

Fossils of extinct ammonite species. Ammonite di Caen, Ammonite di Deslongchamps, Ammonite di Bayeux, Ammonite di Braikenridge

Hermit crabs and coconut crab
Hermit crab, Pagurus excavatus 1, common hermit crab in shell, Pagurus bernhardus 2, and coconut crab, Birgus latro 3. Paguro angoloso, Paguro bernardo, Birgo ladro

Yellow mombin or hog plum, Spondias monbin. Spondia di frutti rossi. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Crab and Lobster pub, Shanklin, Isle of Wight

Crab and Lobster Inn, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, early 1900s

Girls on beach with a crab, St Ives, Cornwall

Boys fishing on a pier early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Crab fishermen Victorian period Date: 19th century

Crab Fishing in Cornwall Date: 19th century

Mending crab pots, early 1900s

Alican Land, Sidney Squirrel
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows Mr. Crab using his strong pincers to release Sidney Squirrel from a steel trap

Pretty young lady making a splash with a dive into the sea
I'm making a big splash down here'! A pretty young lady in a vivid red swimsuit and headscarf leaps into the sea, sending some of the other occupants of the waters flying into the air!

Allenburys Advertisement
An advertisement for Allen & Hanburys Ltd, promoting the importance of a healthy diet for child development from baby through to infancy

The Fish Market, Venice
A painting which depicts the busy scene of a fish market in Venice, Italy, beside a canal, customers can be seen in great numbers, bartering with merchants for their catch, which consists of fish

Two young girls on the sea shore encounter a crab Date: 1905

Comic postcard, Man and woman bathing in the sea - and a crab! Date: 20th century

Fossils of extinct scallops. Spondylus spinosus 1, etc. Plagiostoma spinosa, Pachite punteggiato, Diancora marginata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Fossils of extinct lamp shells. Kirkidium knightii 1, Araxilevis intermedius 2, Uncites grifoides 3. Pentamerus knightii, Productus martini, Uncite grifoide

Porcelain crab, shrimp and extinct crustacean
Porcelain crab, Porcellana species 1, shrimp, Megalopa mutica 2, and fossil of extinct crustacean, Eryon cuvieri 3. Porcellana larga-chela, Megalopa mutica, Erio di Cuvier

Narwal shrimp, leptostracan and mysid shrimp
Narwal shrimp, Plesionika narval 1-4, leptostracan, Nebalia herbstii 5, and mysid shrimp, Mysis oculata 6. Palemon pristis Palemone seghettato, Rostro del Palemo, Rostri del Palemone variabile

Crown crab and Indian egera crab
Crown crab, Hymenosoma orbiculare 1, and Indian egera crab, Phalangipus indicus 2. Imenosomo orbicolare, Egeria dell India

Tiger crab and frog crab
Tiger crab, Orithyia sinica 1, and frog crab, Notopus dorsipes 2. Oritia mammillare, Ranina dorsipede. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus
Italian buckthorn or Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus. Nerprun alaterne. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Pisa tetraodon and Micippa philyra
Pisa tetraodon 1, and spider crab, Micippa philyra 2. Pisa tetraodonte, Micippa filira. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Shaggy sponge crab and Dynomene hispida
Shaggy sponge crab, Dromidia hirsutissima 1 and Dynomene hispida 2. Dromia irsutissima, Dinomene ispida. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Fossils of extinct corals. Receptaculites 1, Aptychus 2. Recettaculite di Nettuno, Trigonellite di Parkinson. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Fossils of extinct molluscs. Ichthyosarcolites triangularis 1 and Gervillia solenoidea 2. Ittiosarcolite triangolare, Gervillia solenoide

Himalayan goji berry, Lycium barbarum, Licio di Barberia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Fiddler crab and angular crab
Fiddler crab, Gelasimus vocans 1, and angular crab, Goneplax rhomboides 2. Gelasimo di Marion, Gonoplace romboide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Himber tree, Rajania cordata
Himber, Rajania cordata, Raiane en coeur. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Swimming crab and moon crab
Swimming crab, Polybius henslowii 1, and moon crab, Matuta victor 2. Polibio di Henslow, Matuta vittoriosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Coral clinging crab, arrow crab and Leachs spider crab
Coral clinging crab, Mithrax hispidus 1, arrow crab, Stenorhynchus lanceolatus 2, and Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium 3. Mitrace a margini spinosi, Pattolo di Bosc, Macropodia Falangio

Periscope crab and flower crab
Periscope crab, Podophthalmus vigil 1, and flower crab, Portunus pelagicus 2. Podoftalmo spinoso, Lupa pelagica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

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