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. 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
Risso’s crab – Xantho pilipes
Circular crab – Cirkelronde krab – Atelecyclus rotundatus
long-clawed porcelain crab – Porceleinkrabbetje – Pisidia longicornis
Broad-clawed porcelain crab – Harig porceleinkrabbetje – Porcellana platycheles
Long-legged spider crab – Gewone hooiwagenkrab – Macropodia rostrata
Krombekhooiwagenkrab – Macropodia deflexa
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
Harris mud crab – Zuiderzeekrabbetje – Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Toothed pirimela – Gezaagde krab – Pirimela denticulata
Hairy crab – Ruig krabbetje – Pilumnus hirtellus
Common spider crab – Grote spinkrab – Maja brachydactyla