Crabs on black

One crab is not the other. 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:

  • Asian shore crab – Blaasjeskrab – Hemigrapsus sanguineus
  • Columbus’s crab – Columbuskrab – Planes minutus
  • Broad-clawed porcelain crab – Harig porceleinkrabbetje – Porcellana platycheles
  • Chinese mitten crab – Chinese wolhandkrab – Eriocheir sinensis
  • Bryer’s nut crab – Gladde kiezelkrab – Ebalia tumefacta
  • Common spider crab – Grote spinkrab – Maja brachydactyla

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. The next collage is the result so far. A lot of species are still missing, so hopefully I can update this page regularly.

The species on the collage are:

Shore crab – Strandkrab – Carcinus maenas

Flying crab – Gewone zwemkrab – Liocarcinus holsatus

Grey swimming crab – Grijze zwemkrab – Liocarcinus vernalis

Pennant’s swimming crab – Breedpootkrab – Portumnus latipes

Marbled rock crab – Gemarmerde krab – Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Columbus’s crab – Columbuskrab – Planes minutus

Arch-fronted swimming crab – Gewimperde zwemkrab – Liocarcinus arcuatus

Velvet swimming crab – Fluwelen zwemkrab – Necora puber

Harbour crab – Blauwpootzwemkrab – Liocarcinus depurator

Helmet crab – Helmkrab – Corystes cassivelaunus

Warty crab – Eriphia verrucosa

Ovaalronde krab – Atelecyclus undecimdentatus

Brush-clawed shore crab – Penseelkrab – Hemigrapsus takanoi

Asian shore crab – Blaasjeskrab – Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Common crab – Noorzeekrab – Cancer pagurus

Pea crab – Erwtenkrabbetje – Pinnotheres pisum

Bryer’s nut crab – Gladde kiezelkrab – Ebalia tumefacta

Thumb-nail crab – Nagelkrab – Thia scutellata

Sponge crab – Sponskrab – Dromia personata

Montagu’s crab – Xantho incisus

Circular crab – Cirkelronde krab – Atelecyclus rotundatus

long-clawed porcelain crab – Porceleinkrabbetje – Pisidia longicornis

Broad-clawed porcelain crab – Harig porceleinkrabbetje – Porcellana platycheles

Hairy crab – Ruig krabbetje – Pilumnus hirtellus

Long-legged spider crab – Gewone hooiwagenkrab – Macropodia rostrata

Leach’s spider crab – Gladde sponspootkrab – Inachus phalangium

Pisa nodipes

Four-horned spider crab – Pisa tetraodon

Blue crab – Blauwe zwemkrab – Callinectes sapidus

Chinese mitten crab – Chinese wolhandkrab – Eriocheir sinensis

Toothed pirimela – Gezaagde krab – Pirimela denticulata

Harris mud crab – Zuiderzeekrabbetje – Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Common spider crab – Grote spinkrab – Maja brachydactyla