Decapod Collection

Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfish
Suppl. Tb LVI from Insecten-Belustigung 1756-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

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

Range of marine life found at the seaside - octopus, squid or decapod, smallest British cuttlefish, sea slug, and periwinkle. Date: circa 1950s

Munida gregaria, lobster krill
Ff. 9 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Callinectes sapidus, blue crab

Macrocheira kaempferi, giant Japanese giant spider crab
Specimen of the giant Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi). This bottom-feeding, deep-sea crustacean is the largest crab in the world reaching a leg span of almost 4m

Macrocheira kaempferi, Japanese spider crab
Specimen of the largest crab alive. When fully grown its legs can span amost 4m. It lives at the bottom of the Pacific around Japan

Limulus polyphemus, horsehoe crab
LS Plate 95 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Plate 90 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Cretaceous chalk seafloor
An artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster

Portunus pelagicus, blue swimming crab
Plate 50 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Ventral view of the large swimming crab native to Indo-Pacific waters

Pthirus pubis, crab louse
A crab louse with a body length 3.5 mm, this species of louse is known to sometimes infest the human body

Palaemonetes varians, ditch shrimp larva
Larva of the ditch shrimp in stage five of development, just prior to metamorphosis

Parribacus antarcticus, slipper lobster
Plate 55 from a collection of watercolour drawings of Hawaiian fishes and invertebrates. Watercolour on paper, c. 1900 by E. Gertrude Norrie (fl.1900s). Held in the Library and Archives

Shell and crab by Olga Makrushenko
Illustration (mixed media) by Olga Makrushenko

Various Mollusca and Crustacea species
Watercolour from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection, c.1820 Date: circa 1820

Rhegmatodes thalassina, jellyfish
A glass model of a jellyfish, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Discodermid sponge
Discodermia lives a sessile life on the seabed around North America and the Caribbean

Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever found
Three centimetres long and only a little longer than a finger nail. Discovered in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century. This crab lived 180 million years ago

Electric-blue European lobster
The strikingly coloured electric-blue European lobster was caught off the east coast of Scotland and spotted at a London fish market in November 2011

Colourful illustration of a mermaid and a lobster
Plate 57 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Cut out from Plate 49, watercolour by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer from his collection of Zoological drawings

Plate 94 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Hyas araneus, great spider crab
Plate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 125 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Metrosideros fulgens, scarlet rata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

LS Plate 90 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Collection of sea creatures
Plate from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Erimacrus isenbeckii, hair crab
Plate 114 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Ranina ranina, spanner crab
Plate 113 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Colourful illustration of four crabs and a lobster
Plate 51 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of a fish and five crustaceans
Plate 52 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of two fish and a crab
Plate 39 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Drawing labelled Land crab

Pachygrapsus marmoratus, marbled rock crab
The marbled rock crab (Pachygraspus marmoratus) native to the coastal waters of southern England and Ireland and the Mediterranean. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Fossil prawn
Specimen of a fossilied prawn preserved in the Solnhofen Pink Limestone, Germany

Odontodactylus scyallarus, mantis shrimp

Dissected male Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
A dissected male mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening testes. Specimen was collected from the River Thames

Dissected female Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
A dissected female mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening ovaries. Specimen was collected from the River Thames

Calappa philargius, box crab
Painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection, 1754-1757

Fossilised Eocene crab
Unidentified fossilised specimen of an Eocene crab found in Southern England, France and the USA. This specimen is 58 million years old

Coruvs ossifragus, fish crow
Plate 146 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Eudocimus albus, white ibis
Plate 222 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Swimming crab fossil
Fossilised specimen of a swimming crab found in Folkestone, England. Swimming crabs still inhabit British shores today. They have flattened, paddle-like back legs to assist in swimming

Fossilised Mesolimulus
This fossil, Mesolimulus, a horseshoe crab, is an impressive 40 centimetres long. Preserved in the fine mud of a lagoon in Solenhofen, Germany, about 150 million years ago

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