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Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfishSuppl. Tb LVI from Insecten-Belustigung 1756-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R von Rosenhof (1705-1759)
Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reedA 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 krillFf. 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 crabSpecimen 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 crabSpecimen 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 crabLS 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 CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Cretaceous chalk seafloorAn 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 crabPlate 50 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Ventral view of the large swimming crab native to Indo-Pacific waters
Pthirus pubis, crab louseA 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 larvaLarva of the ditch shrimp in stage five of development, just prior to metamorphosis
Parribacus antarcticus, slipper lobsterPlate 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 MakrushenkoIllustration (mixed media) by Olga Makrushenko
Various Mollusca and Crustacea speciesWatercolour from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection, c.1820 Date: circa 1820
Rhegmatodes thalassina, jellyfishA 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 spongeDiscodermia lives a sessile life on the seabed around North America and the Caribbean
Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever foundThree 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 lobsterThe 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 lobsterPlate 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 crabCut out from Plate 49, watercolour by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer from his collection of Zoological drawings
Plate 94 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn 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 crabPlate 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 CollectionJohn 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 rataFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
LS Plate 90 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn 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 creaturesPlate 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 crabPlate 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 crabPlate 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 lobsterPlate 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 crustaceansPlate 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 crabPlate 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 crabThe marbled rock crab (Pachygraspus marmoratus) native to the coastal waters of southern England and Ireland and the Mediterranean. Photographed by Harry Taylor
Fossil prawnSpecimen of a fossilied prawn preserved in the Solnhofen Pink Limestone, Germany
Odontodactylus scyallarus, mantis shrimp
Dissected male Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crabA dissected male mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening testes. Specimen was collected from the River Thames
Dissected female Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crabA dissected female mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening ovaries. Specimen was collected from the River Thames
Calappa philargius, box crabPainting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection, 1754-1757
Fossilised Eocene crabUnidentified fossilised specimen of an Eocene crab found in Southern England, France and the USA. This specimen is 58 million years old
Coruvs ossifragus, fish crowPlate 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 ibisPlate 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 fossilFossilised 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 MesolimulusThis 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