Hermit Crab – Pagarus bernhardus

Hermit Crab – Pagarus bernhardus

Hermit Crab – Pagarus bernhardus WHAT LITTLE LOVELIES! Hermit crabs bring pure joy to anyone who finds them rockpooling – the East coast of the UK seems to always be particulary full of them too. Not true crabs, these little creatures need to find shells...
Edible Crab – Cancer pagarus

Edible Crab – Cancer pagarus

Edible Crab – Cancer pagarus  This species is as close as youll get to a calm crab, well on the rockyshore perhaps. Rockyshores tend to be great places for small juviniles to live, but they can get much larger, with much scarier claws out to sea. Its these...
Common Shore Crab  – Carcinus maenas

Common Shore Crab – Carcinus maenas

Common Shore Crab – Carcinus maenas   I bloomin’ love crabs! The common shore crab is a staple of the british coast, rare is the rockpool where you dont cross paths with these creatures. They love to scuttle, abloe to move quickly about the shore...