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Colourful illustration of five fish and a crustaceanPlate 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 crabPlate 53 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour
Pacifastacus leniusculus, signal crayfishSignal crayfish specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Mesolimulus, a fossil horseshoe crabThe Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus, 17 cm long, from the famous fossil locality of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany
Marrella splendens, lace crabThis is a small, aquatic arthropod originating from the Burgess Shale in Canada dating from the Middle Cambrian
Limulus polyphemus, horseshoe crabFossil 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 insignisAmphipod from the Indian Ocean
Species of prawn and shrimp reared at the MuseumTo understand more about the life histories of many Atlantic shellfish species are reared at the Museum & observed closely
Portunus pelagicus, flower crabIllustration by John Abbot from his Insects of Georgia, 1787
Cancer terrestrisLand crab plate 32 from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas, Vol 2 by Mark Catesby
Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardusPlate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)
Alle alle, little aukPlate 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