Crabs of Europe

To document the biodiversity of crab species, I started photographing them on a black background. With the use of some backlight and the technique of focus stacking, the images looks like this:

The first intention was photographing the common species at the coast where I live, which gave a nice result. After that I raised the bar and started to photograph every crab species I encounter during my trips in Europe, including non-native species. The next image is the result so far. A lot of species are still missing, so hopefully I can update this page regularly. You can find the names under the picture. 

Nr	Scientific name	English name	Dutch name
1	Carcinus maenas	Shore crab	Strandkrab
2	Liocarcinus holsatus	Flying crab	Gewone zwemkrab
3	Liocarcinus vernalis	Grey swimming crab	Grijze zwemkrab
4	Portumnus lapides	Pennant’s swimming crab	Breedpootkrab
5	Liocarcinus arcuatus	Arch-fronted swimming crab	Gewimperde zwemkrab
6	Liocarcinus depurator	Harbour crab	Blauwpootzwemkrab
7	Necora puber	Velvet swimming crab	Fluwelen zwemkrab
8	Corystes cassivelaunus	Helmet crab	Helmkrab
9	Cancer pagurus	Common crab	Noordzeekrab
10	Hemigrapsus takanoi	Brush-clawed shore crab	Penseelkrab
11	Hemigrapsus sanguineus	Asian shore crab	Blaasjeskrab
12	Ebalia tumefacta	Bryer’s nut crab	Gladde kiezelkrab
13	Thia scutellata	Thumb-nail crab	Nagelkrab
14	Pinnotheres pisum	Pea crab	Erwtenkrabbetje
15	Nepinnotheres pinnotheres
16	Pirimela denticulata	Toothed pirimela	Gezaagde krab
17	Porcellana platycheles	Broad-clawed porcelain crab	Harig porceleinkrabbetje
18	Pisidia longicornis	Long-clawed porcelain crab	Porceleinkrabbetje
19	Atelecyclus undecimdentatus		Ovaalronde krab
20	Atelecyclus rotundatus	Circular crab	Cirkelronde krab
21	Planes minutus	Columbus’s crab	Columbuskrab
22	Macropodia rostrata	Long-legged spider crab	Gewone hooiwagenkrab
23	Macropodia deflexa		Krombekhooiwagenkrab
24	Inachus phalangium	Leach’s spider crab	Gladde sponspootkrab
25	Pilumnus hirtellus	Hairy crab	Ruig krabbetje
26	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Harris mud crab	Zuiderzeekrabbetje
27	Eriocheir sinensis	Chinese mitten crab	Chinese wolhandkrab
28	Pachygrapsus marmoratus	Marbled rock crab	Gemarmerde krab
29	Pachygrapsus transversus	Mottled shore crab
30	Eriphia verrucosa	Warty crab
31	Dromia personata	Sponge crab	Sponskrab
32	Achelous hastatus
33	Xantho hydrophilus	Montagu’s crab
34	Xantho hydrophilus subsp. Granulicarpus
35	Xantho pilipes	Risso’s crab
36	Xantho poressa	Jaguar round crab
37	Pisa tetraodon	Four-horned spider crab
38	Pisa nodipes
39	Herbstia condyliata
40	Acanthonyx lunulatus
41	Panopeus africanus
42	Charybdis hellerii
43	Goneplax rhomboides	Angular crab	Hoekige krab
44	Potamon fluviatilis
45	Potamon pelops
46	Brachynotus atlanticus
47	Portumnus lysianassa
48	Callinectes sapidus	Blue crab	Blauwe zwemkrab
49	Uca tangeri	Fiddles crab	Europese wenkkrab
50	Percnon gibbesi	Nimble spray crab	Gibbesi krab
51	Calappa granulata	Shame-faced crab
52	Maja crispata (carapax)	Lesser spider crab	Kleine spinkrab (carapax)
53	Maja brachydactyla	Common spider crab	Grote spinkrab