Crab Collection (page 3)

Horrid elbow crab, Daldorfia horrida (Crested crab, Cancer cristatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium (slender legged crab, Cancer phalangium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Slipper lobster, Scyllarus arctus (Oval-tailed crab, Cancer scyllarus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Skeleton shrimp, Caprella linearis (Linear crab, Cancer linearis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Giant crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria (American tarantula spider, Aranea venatoria) and nest with trapdoor. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Red-eyed rock crab, Eriphia sebana (Seban crab, Cancer sebanus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola, and black swan, Cygnus atratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola (Abyssinian erody, Ardea pondiceriana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Box crabs, floral egg crab and hermit crabs
Box crab, Calappa hepatica 1, giant box crab, Calappa calappa 2, floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus 3, Diogenes hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator 4, 5, and soldier crab, Pagurus bernhardus 6

Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, and lobster, Homarus gammarus (Ecrevisse moluque, Monoculus polyphemus, and le homard, Astacus marinus). From the collection of G.W. Knorr

Northern stone crab, Lithodes maja 1, and brown crab, Cancer pagurus 2 (Crab epineuse, Cancer spinosus, and ecrevisse a coque unie, Brachyurus laevis)

Crab eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus
Crab eating raccoon, black variety, Procyon cancrivorus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh

Horseshoe crabs, extinct sea scorpions and trilobites
Aspidonia: horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas 1-3, extinct sea scorpion, Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus 4, extinct sea scorpion, Pterygotus anglicus 5, and extinct fossil trilobites, Onnia goldfussi 6

Phyllosoma larval stage of a spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Phyllosome. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Peacocks tail algae and hermit crabs
Peacocks tail algae, Padina pavonica 1, common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus 2, blue-eyed hermit crab, Paragiopagurus diogenes 3, and Pagurus alatus 4. Padine, Pagures

Velvet crab, marbled swimming crab and Pennant s
Velvet crab, Necora puber 1, marbled swimming crab, Liocarcinus marmoreus 2, and Pennants swimming crab, Portumnus latipes 3. Portunes: etrille, marbre, varie

Harlequin beetle and European spider crab
Harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus 1, and European spider crab, Maja squinado 2. Macrope (harlequin de Cayenne), maia, maillots

Stick insects or phasmids and wandering crab spider
Stick insects or phasmids, Carausius morosus and Clonopsis gallica, and wandering crab spider, Philodromus aureolus. Phasmies, Philodrome

Crab eating opossum, Didelphis marsupialis cancrivora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Sweet crabapple or garland crab, Malus coronaria (Pyrus coronaria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

European lobster, edible crab and Atlantic horseshoe crab
European lobster, Homarus gammarus 1, edible crab, Cancer pagurus 2, and Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, dorsal 3, ventral 4

Crab with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Russian poster, sea diving -- young people, you are called, a world of undiscovered depths, amazing beauty. circa 1930s

DOROTHY JEFFREY / CORNISH
Dorothy Jeffrey (nee Pentreath) Allegedly the last speaker of Cornish. Date: 1685 - 1777

Child finds a crab on its toe
Children playing in the shallows discover a crab at the end of one of their toes. Date: 1922

BOY / GIRL / BEACH / CRAB 1930
A boy on the beach in a sailor suit has his trousers nipped by a crab Date: 1930s

The Moon depicted on a Tarot card
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Fisherman waits for tide, Happisburgh, Norfolk
A fisherman waits for the tide and enjoys a cigarette beside his boat on the beach, Happisburgh, Norfolk. See also monochrome picture No.12445827 Date: 1990

Fisherman, Happisburg, Norfolk
A fisherman waits for the tide and enjoys a cigarette beside his boat on the beach, Happisburgh, Norfolk. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Crab fisherman, Cadgwith, Cornwall
A crab fisherman carries a tea chest full of crabs from his beached fishing boat up the beach at Cadgwith Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Polperro lobster fisherman
Lobster fisherman pulls on his jacket and prepares to go ashore after returning in his boat Fair Chance, to his mooring in Polperro Harbour, Cornwall, England

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

Gurning Man
A male gurner with his ugly face through a leather ring at the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Bonzo tries to swim the channel by George Studdy
Bonzo tries to swim the channel, much to the amusement of the Bonzolines. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Little girl at seaside with toy boat by Muriel Dawson
A little girl at the seaside with a toy boat by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Crab bites a young boys toe
A rather Brattish looking young child getting his seaside comeuppance, as a crab takes a fancy to his big toe! Date: 1903

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

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

Old Man Gurner
An old man gurner with his ugly face through a leather ring at the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Advert for John Bennett jewellers, novelty jewellery 1901
Variety of Christmas gifts for the Edwardian lady; novelty brooches with mother of pearl, rubies, turquoises, sapphires, amethyst. 1901

Susi - discovering a crab on the beach. 1950s

The Two Gentlemen of Verona - title page - Valentine, Proteus, Launce and his badly behaved dog, Crab. 1862

Large Garden - Family and Friends in garden. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900

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