Crustacea Collection (page 3)

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

Malus coronaria L. 1877, sweet crab apple
An illustrative plate of sweet crab apple tree foliage and blossom from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher
Ff. 60. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Alcedo cancrophaga made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Porcellio sp. woodlouse

Fossilised Archaeogeryon peruvianus, Miocene crab
Fossilised specimen of the Miocene crab (Archaeogeryon peruvianus). Nicknamed Edward Scissorhands, this crab lived some 22 million years ago off the shores of South America

Fossilised Acanthochirana cordata, prawn
Fossilised prawn specimen from Solenhofen, Germany dating from the Upper Jurassic, 250 million years ago

Inachus dorsettensis, scorpion spider crab
Photograph of a scorpion spider crab (Inachus dorsettensis)

Carcinus maenas, European shore crab
Specimens of this invasive crab, which has spread well beyond its native range and is threatening ecosystems the world over

Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
A detailed section of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriosheir sinensis) showing the carapace. This species of crab originates from the Far East but it is now evident that it has taken up residence in

Line drawing of a shrimp-like crustacea
An illustration by Dr Lawrence Mound from his Behind The Scenes, 1987

Octopus vulgaris, common octopus
Octopus model with Homarus gammarus, European lobster in Origin of Species Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Historical specimens from left to right
Specimen jars containing a hawkfish from the first Endeavour voyage, two female swimming crabs collected on the Investigator voyage and Eleginops maclovinus, collected during the Beagle voyage

Notostomus perlatus, caridean shrimp
Specimen jars containing type specimens of the caridean shrimp (Notostomus perlatus). Type specimens provide a vital point of reference for taxonomists seeking to confirm an identification or

Copepod parasite
Specimen jar containing copepod parasites, which live on the body surface of salmon and in large numbers can cause damage to the fish. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist at work at The Natural History Museum, London
Accurate identification of copepod crustaceans is a time consuming task for specialists, requiring meticulous sorting, dissection, and the use of high resolution microscopy

Specimen jars containing crustaceans
Shelves of specimen jars containg crustaceans

Colourful illustration of two crabs and a grasshopper
Plate 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Chinese amber carving
An intricate crab carved out of Chinese amber. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Fig. 25 from Amber the Natural Time Capsule

Insects
Drawing 402 from the Watling Collection simply titled a crab, a spider, a snail, two butterflies and a caterpillar by Thomas Watling

Colourful illustration of two fish and a stomatopod
Plate 28 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 crustaceans
Folio 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of three fish and a crabs
Plate 50 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, a crab and a crayfish
Plate 47 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 an eel and a crustacean
Plate 45 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 five fish and a crustacean
Plate 26 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 five fish, two lobsters and a crab
Plate 53 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Coronula diarnderna
Plate 10, watercolour by Anna Atkins from her 256 original drawings for Lamarcks Genera of shells, 1822-24

Astroboa clavata, basketstar

Pacifastacus leniusculus, signal crayfish
Signal crayfish specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mesolimulus, a fossil horseshoe crab
The Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus, 17 cm long, from the famous fossil locality of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany

Porcellio sccaber, woodlouse
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing all the units that make up the compound eye of a woodlouse

Marrella splendens, lace crab
This is a small, aquatic arthropod originating from the Burgess Shale in Canada dating from the Middle Cambrian

Glyptonotus antarcticus

Limulus polyphemus, horseshoe crab
Fossil of the oldest crab in the world. The species is estimated to be at least 300 million years old and is characterised by a long, pointed tail

Mallacoota insignis
Amphipod from the Indian Ocean

Species of prawn and shrimp reared at the Museum
To understand more about the life histories of many Atlantic shellfish species are reared at the Museum & observed closely

Psittaculirostris desmarestii, large fig parrot
Plate 35 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Illustration by John Abbot from his Insects of Georgia, 1787

Cancer terrestris
Land crab plate 32 from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas, Vol 2 by Mark Catesby

Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardus
Plate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)

Alle alle, little auk
Plate 339 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Edible Shellfish
A lobster and some other edible crustacea including a crab and some shrimps and crayfish

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