Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, hiding among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Cornwall, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in rockpool. Near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) from English Channel. South Devon, England, UK. September.
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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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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 / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, waving and opening one of its claws in a threat display, Cornwall, England, UK, September.
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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Sue Daly / Male Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) guarding female prior to mating, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Sue Daly / Male Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) guarding a female prior to mating, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) amongst burrowing anemones, in no take zone, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) pair mating in no take zone, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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Christophe Courteau / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) Brittany, France
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Graham Eaton / Velvet crab (Necora puber) on sea weed, Cardigan Bay, Wales, July,
Sue Daly / Common sun star (Crossaster papposus) Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) and Common Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab Necora puber) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).
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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).
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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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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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Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora / Liocarcinus puber) beneath three sea anemones. Channel Islands, UK, May.
Robert Thompson / Velvet swimming crab {Liocarcinus / Necora puber} underwater, Ballyhenry Point, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, September
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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 / 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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Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab pair, male guarding female {Liocarcinus puber} Jersey, Channel Is, UK
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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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Mike Read / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) cub feeding on Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) at the edge of Loch Linnhe, Kingairloch, Scotland, UK, May.
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Mike Read / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) cub feeding on Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) at the edge of Loch Linnhe, Kingairloch, Scotland, UK, May.
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Henley Spiers / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) hiding among kelp fronds, Shetland, Scotland, UK, North Sea. July.
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Alex Mustard / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) male, in defensive posture, with wreck of the Rosalie in background, Weybourne, Norfolk, England, UK, North Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) crawling across a bright yellow Breadcrumb sponge (Halichondria panicea) on the wreck of the Rosalie, Weybourne, Norfolk, England, UK, North Sea.
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Henley Spiers / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) using a Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) for protection, Torbay, Devon, England, UK. July.
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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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Alex Mustard / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) feeding, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, North Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) feeding on a sea toad (Hyas sp.) in a bed of sea squirts. Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Inchard, The Minch, North East At...
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber). Fort William, Lochaber, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Linnhe, North East Atlantic Ocean. British Isles
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber). Fort William, Lochaber, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Linnhe, North East Atlantic Ocean. British Isles
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Alex Mustard / Larger male (top) velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) guards a smaller female prior to mating, sheltering in orange and white soft plumose anemones (Metridium dianthus). St Abbs, Eyemouth, Berwickshir...
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Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, The Gower, Wales, UK, September.
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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...
