APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that is found in the coastal waters
and rockpools of south-west England. Images by David Fenwick.

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Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- top view 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- top view 2

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- top view 3

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- top view 4

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- top view 5

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- abdomen 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- abdominal view 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- abdominal view 2

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- claw 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- rostrum 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- rostrum 2

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- side view 1

Leach's spider crab
Inachus phalangium
- underwater 1

Images taken on the lowershore at Spit Point, St. Austell Bay, Par, Cornwall; and at Porth Nanven near St. Just, Penwith, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Inachus phalangium, Leach's spider crab, Gladde Sponspootkrab.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.

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