Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Fisheries assistant Stephanie Kershaw and volunteer John Dumont from the Eden Rivers Trust searching for White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) as part of a capture and release conservation...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) on river bed, viewed underwater, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) underwater on riverbed, showing defensive posture, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012. Did you know? White clawed crayfish can live fo...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) underwater on riverbed, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), in a rock crevice, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May. Did you know? Lobster pincers are different sizes for different uses, one is for c...

Christophe Courteau / Velvet swimming crab portrait {Liocarcinus / Necora puber} Brittany France

Christophe Courteau / Edible crab in tide pool split level {Cancer pagurus} Brittany France

Christophe Courteau / Common prawn {Palaemon serratus} amongst seaweed Brittany France

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) emerging from sea onto beach, with Sally lightfoot crabs (Grasopus graspus) and Galapagos Fur Seal in background. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Loch Leven, Ballachulish, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui), Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photograph...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Solvin Zankl / Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus grubii) eggs Digital focus stacking image

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Polar shrimp (Lebbeus polaris) on live Lophelia (Lophelia pertusa) from Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Controlled conditions. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral res...

Alex Hyde / Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Alex Hyde / Various rockpool animals and seaweeds, photographed on a white background. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March. Digital composite.

Nick Upton / Common Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) on clump of Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus) exposed on shore at low tide, St. Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea planktonic stage of crab development, Trondheimsfjord, North Atlantic Ocean.

Roland Seitre / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on wet sand, with crayfish. Captive. Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, July.

David Shale / Male and Female glass shrimps on Glass sponge (Hexactinellida) from coral seamount, SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean, December 2011

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen aboard a small fishing boat packing a container full of Spiny spider crabs (Maja Squinado), caught using tangle nets, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Alex Mustard / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) cleaning the eye of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) scampers across a coral reef amongst sponges, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011. Did you know? A large female Edible crab can carry up to 20 million eggs...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber / Liocarcinus puber), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October, 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Crustaceans have blue blood,...

MYN / Jerry Monkman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) Rye, New Hampshire, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Jerry Monkman / Acadian hermit crab (Pagurus acadianus) emerging from shell, Rye, New Hampshire, USA, January. meetyourneighbours.net project

David Shale / Deepsea Hermit crab with zoanthid (Epizoanthus sp) on shell, from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, November 2011

David Shale / Deepsea Orange ghost lobster (Decopoda, Thalassinidae) from coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, December 2011

David Shale / Deepsea arcturid Isopod from a coral seamount in the Indian Ocean, November 2011

David Shale / Deepsea Squat lobster (Galatheidae) from coral seamount, Indian Ocean, December 2011

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Galapagos Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii) fighting on the beach. Galapagos

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) moving forward, Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, April. Did you know? Despite their name, hermit crabs can be quite sociable creatures.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A tiny amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) living on Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long-clawed squat lobster (Munida rugosa) portrait, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long legged spider crab (Macropodia rostrata) on Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pair of Skeleton shrimps (Caprella linearis) male on left, living on lightbulb tunicates. Bard Cave, Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Spiny squat lobster (Galathea strigosa) close up, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Skeleton shrimp (Caprella linearis) living within the polyps of Dead man's fingers soft coral. Bard Cave, Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Leach's spider crab (Inachus phalangium) sheltering from the current beneath tentacles of Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) Selsey, West Sussex, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Masked crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) on sandy seabed, Studland Bay, Dorset, UK, May

Juergen Freund / Land Hermit crab using a plastic bottle cap as its home. Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

Juergen Freund / Tiny reef crab on soft coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) on a Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) Moluccas Islands, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Pink / hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) camouflaged on pink sponge, Bali, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Zebra / Adam's urchin crab with eggs (Zebrida adamsii) on Fire sea urchin (Mespilia globulus), Komodo NP, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Boxer / Pom pom crab (Lybia tesselata) on coral, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Imperial / Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on an Eyed / Leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Imperial / Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on an Eyed / Leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Imperial / Emperor shrimps (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on a sea cucumber. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Carrier / Sea urchin crab (Dorippe frascone) carrying a fire urchin as a deterrent to predators. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish shrimp (Periclimenes soror) on starfish, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Hermit crab with shell covered in soft coral (Heteroxenia fuscescens) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fabio Liverani / Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatile) in a shallow stream - split perspective showing crab beneath and fluvial habitat. Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy, July.

Fabio Liverani / Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatile) brandishing claws in defensive posture. Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy, July.

Fabio Liverani / Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatile) in a shallow stream - split perspective showing crab beneath and fluvial habitat. Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy, July.

Fabio Liverani / Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatile) in a shallow stream - split perspective of underwater and habitat. Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy, July.

Stephen Dalton / Two Water Fleas (Daphnia sp.), showing transparency of bodies and internal organs. UK, September.

Georgette Douwma / White banded/ Scarlet cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) on Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October

Solvin Zankl / Woodlouse expert Christian Schmidt with a Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) held in a pair of tweezers. Germany, June 2009

Jeff Rotman / Boy (nine years) catching 15lb Northern lobster (Homarus americanus) whilst diving in the Atlantic Ocean, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Model released Model released.

Floris van Breugel / Lines adorn the fractured sandstone rocks along the Barnacle (Cirripedia) and Sea snail inhabitated shores of Palos Verdes peninsula, California, USA

Billy Black / Steam over boiled Lobsters (Homarus americanus). Gilkey Harbour, Islesboro, Maine, USA.

Claudio Contreras / California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) in fishing net, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Graham Eaton / Spiny Spider Crab (Maja squinado) with claws raised in an aggressive posture, in a fast tide, Abersoch, Wales, UK, May.

Graham Eaton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) pair mating, Trefor, Wales, UK, July.

Michel Roggo / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) Europe, introduced from North America

Georgette Douwma / Sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana) with a small porcelain crab on sandy sea bed, purple form. Rinca, Indonesia.

David Woodfall / Young woman fishing for shrimp fry, looking in net to see the catch, Ganges Delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

David Woodfall / Large numbers of children fishing for shrimp fry on coastal margin land damaged by typhoon Sidr in November 2007, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, October 2008

Toby Roxburgh / Cooked edible crab (Cancer pagurus) being lifted from a pot of boiling water, England, UK, 2009.

Paul Hobson / Signal Crayfish {Pacifastacus leniusculus} Leicestershire, UK

Jeff Rotman / Diver holds 20 kilo Northern / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) with claws open, demonstrating aggressive behavior, New England, USA, North Atlantic Ocean. Model released Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Japanese Giant Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) World's Largest Crustacean in Tokyo Aquarium, Japan.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) portrait, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Skeleton shrimp (Caprellidea sp) on a hydroid, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Hermit crab (Pagurus pubescens) on Kelp, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Georgette Douwma / Squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on featherstar, Solomon Islands. Did you know? There are over 900 species of Squat lobster in the world - most of which live around hydrothermal vents.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Small European locust lobster (Scyllarus arctus) portrait, Pico, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas anatifera) on a drifting rope, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles on a drifting rope and a small shoal of Boarfish (Capros aper) seeking shelter, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009 Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles on a drifting rope and a small shoal of Boarfish (Capros aper) seeking shelter, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Ghost / Sand crab (Ocypode cursor) on beach, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Roggo / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) chasing a ball of Water fleas in a gravel pit pool, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Caramote prawn (Penaeus kerathurus) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

David Shale / Deepsea amphipod {Scypholanceola stephensi} from between 500 and 800m, night, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Decapod {Systellaspis sp} from midwater catch 195-498m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea amphipod from between 507-805m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Eryonicus larva of Shrimp {Polycheles sp) from between 2710-2798m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Giant ostracod {Gigantocypris mulleri} from between 718 and 1864m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean