Lancing Beach

17 April 2003
Special Report in Pictures
 
 

	Long-spined Bullhead Taurulus bubalis

 

Hairy Crab Pilumnus hirtellus	Long-clawed Porcelain Crab Pisidia longirostris	Velvet Swimming Crab  Necora puber	Common Hermit Crab Pagurus bernhardus
Sea Anemone  Sagartia troglodytes	Short-legged Spider Crab Eurynome aspera	Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis	Masked Crab  Corystes cassivelaunus
Shore Crab Carcinus maenas	Pea Crab  Pinnotheres sp.	Squat Lobster  Galathea squamifera	Prawn Palaemon elegans

 
 

Common Name	Scientific Name	Frequency	Comments
Long-spined Bullhead	Taurulus bubalis	one	Ate a small crab in the bucket
Shore Crab	Carcinus maenas	one	Crab
Hairy Crab	Pilumnus hirtellus	100 +	Crab
Long-clawed Porcelain Crab	Pisidia longirocornis	25+	Anomuran
Common Hermit Crab	Pagurus bernhardus	one, possibly more	Anomuran in a topshell, small
Prawn	Palaemon elegans	Very few
Squat Lobster	Galathea squamifera	20+	Anomuran
Velvet Swimming Crab	Necora puber	20+
Pea Crab	Pinnotheres pisum	one	male
Short-legged Spider Crab	Eurynome aspera	one
Snakelocks Anemone	Anemonia viridis	3+
Sea Anemone	Sagartia troglodytes	Common 100+
Gooseberry Sea Squirt (brown)	Dendrodoa grossularia	Common

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