Alex Mustard / Carapace of a dead olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Ingo Arndt / Shell detail of Hermanns tortoise {Testudo hermanni} France Endangered

Georgette Douwma / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with two large remoras (Echeneis naucrates) attached to its carapace, at rest on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Stephen Dalton / Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva with a carapace it has constructed from bits of vegetation. Sussex, UK, March.

B&S Draker / Cicada (Tibicen resh) adult emerging from nymph carapace. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June. Sequence 10 of 10.

Alex Mustard / A parasitic isopod attached to a Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). This species of isopod has an ornately shaped carapace to disguise it on the seadragon. Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula...

Sue Daly / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) with algal growth on carapace, Cebu, Philippines, March, Endangered species

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Newly hatched Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) with its front flippers pressed tight to the marginal scutes of its carapace to avoid predation, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, August 2009

Kim Taylor / Seven-spotted ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} taking off from thistle

Fred Bavendam / Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) swimming underwater with Remora attached to its carapace, South Caicos, British West Indies

David Perpinan / Carapacial fracture in a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) after being hit by a car. Rehabilitation Centre, Georgia, United States. Small repro only

John Cancalosi / Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) eating algae off the carapace of a Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Maryland, USA, August.