Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber / Liocarcinus puber), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October, 2011
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Juergen Freund / Horsehoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) swimming on its back with gills creating the propulsion, Palawan, Philippines. Did you know? Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders than crabs.
Shane Gross / Unknown species of pelagic swimming crab, covered in barnacles swimming in the open ocean at night. She is tending to her eggs in a pouch. Anilao, Philippines.
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Nick Hawkins / Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) collected by park staff in Kejimkujik Seaside National Park near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.
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David Fleetham / Imperial commensal shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus) at night. Philippines.
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Swmming crab close to the surface, Sharp Island or Kiu Tsui Chau, Country Park, Hong Kong, China.
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Juergen Freund / Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in the water by the mangrove roots - split level image, Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific
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Juergen Freund / Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in the water by the mangrove roots - split level image, Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific
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Juergen Freund / Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in the water by the mangrove roots - split level image, Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific
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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crabs (Necora puber) mate guarding - male guarding female prior to mating Isle of Man, July 2015
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Nick Upton / Two Montagu's crabs (Xantho hydrophilus) competing for a crevice to hide in within a rockpool, with a young Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) moving away nearby, Cornwall, England, UK, September.
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Alex Mustard / Harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis) sheltering beneath the tentacles of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.). Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
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Juergen Freund / Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in the water by Mangrove roots, split level image, Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.
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Juergen Freund / Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in the water by the mangrove roots, split level image. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.
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Pete Oxford / Local woman with string of live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) and other seafood for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Live Mud crabs (Scylla sp) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.
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Bertie Gregory / Vancouver Island black bear (Ursus americanus vancouveri), adult male swimming in coastal waters foraging for crabs, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.
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Roland Seitre / Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming underwater, searching for crabs, Thailand
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Roland Seitre / Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming underwater, searching for crabs, Thailand
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora / Liocarcinus puber) male guarding female. Gouliot Caves, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.
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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) portrait, Channel Islands, UK July
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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) close up, Channel Islands, UK July
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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) Channel Islands, UK, June
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MYN / Paul Marcellini / Sargassum crab (Portunus sayi) Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Portrait of Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber / Liocarcinus puber), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Swimming / Harbour crab (Liocarcinus depurator) displaying claws to defend its patch of seabed in a sea loch, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, July. Did you know? Of the ten limbs of the swim...
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora / Liocarcinus puber) beneath three sea anemones. Channel Islands, UK, May.
Juergen Freund / A factory of women taking the meat out of cooked Blue swimmer crabs (Portunus pelagicus) to pack for export to America. Northern Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / RF- Mudcrab (Scylla serrata) raising claws, Sulawesi, Indonesia (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Juergen Freund / Blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus) on the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Barrie Britton / Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) spawing. The water is foamy from large quantity of milt released. Mispillion Harbour, Delaware Bay, USA. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Life" TV Se...
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Jeff Rotman / Boy (nine years) free diver holding green crabs, Plum Cove, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Model released Model released.
Robert Thompson / Velvet swimming crab {Liocarcinus / Necora puber} underwater, Ballyhenry Point, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, September
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Swimming / Harbour crab (Liocarcinus depurator) Lofoten, Norway, November 2008
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Graham Eaton / Close-up of a Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber), Gwynedd, Wales, UK, August
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Graham Eaton / Swimming Crab (Liocarcinus depurator) Wales, UK, 2007
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Graham Eaton / Male Velvet Swimming Crab (Liocarcinus / Necora puber) clasping smaller female prior to mating, Wales, UK 2007
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Graham Eaton / Male Velvet Swimming Crab (Liocarcinus / Necora puber) swimming, Wales, UK 2007
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Martha Holmes / Swimming crab in defensive position {Portunus sebae} Grenadines, Caribbean
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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab pair, male guarding female {Liocarcinus puber} Jersey, Channel Is, UK
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mutilated Swimming crab {Portunidae} & tiny Moray eel, Sulawesi Indonesia. Indo Pacific
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David Fleetham / Hawaiian swimming crab (Charybdis hawaiensis), Hawaii.
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Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora / Liocarcinus puber) and Common prawns (Palaemon serratus) in a rockpool. Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, July.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Swimming crabs mating {Charybdis sp} Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Carine Schrurs / Blue swimming crab pair mating {Portunus pelegicus} male underneath Batangas Philippines
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Jack Perks / Thornback ray (Raja clavata) entering frame and feeding on Green crab (Carcinus maenas) before leaving frame, followed by Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) which swims through frame. Whiting (Merlangius mer...
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Tony Wu / Pair of Mud crabs (Scylla sp.) preparing to mate in late summer, where male is on top and female upside-down beneath. Sea of Japan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Henley Spiers / Pair of Velvet swimming crabs (Necora puber) mounted on top of one another whilst clinging to strand of kelp, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK, North Sea, September.
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Ismaele Tortella / Adult Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) and pup eating crabs on seaweed cover rocks, pup finishes and joins the her as she finishes eating, they both then enter the water and swim away, Norway.
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Alex Mustard / Reef scene with large colonies of orange and white Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), two swimming crabs - Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) and a common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus, b...
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Shane Gross / Sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) taking shelter in a plastic bag. Contoy Island, Mexico.