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Story: Crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Crustaceans – bugs of the sea

  3. Crabs

  4. Crayfish

  5. Crayfishing

  6. Lobsters, prawns and krill

  7. Barnacles and copepods

  8. Lesser known groups

  9. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Crustaceans – bugs of the sea

Typical crustacean features

Typical crustacean features

Crayfish moulting

Crayfish moulting

Crustacean body shapes

Crustacean body shapes

Classes of New Zealand crustaceans

Classes of New Zealand crustaceans

A native crab

A native crab

From page 2 - Crabs

Female and male triangle crabs

Female and male triangle crabs

Spider crab

Spider crab

Hermit crab

Hermit crab

King crab

King crab

From page 3 - Crayfish

Red crayfish

Red crayfish

Packhorse crayfish

Packhorse crayfish

Red crayfish releasing larvae

Red crayfish releasing larvae

Phyllosoma larvae

Phyllosoma larvae

Miniature crayfish

Miniature crayfish

Tagging

Tagging

From page 4 - Crayfishing

At the crayfish hole

At the crayfish hole

Crayfish caravan, Kaikōura

Crayfish caravan, Kaikōura

Crayfishing at the Chatham Islands

Crayfishing at the Chatham Islands

Live crayfish for export

Live crayfish for export

From page 5 - Lobsters, prawns and krill

New Zealand scampi

New Zealand scampi

A squat lobster

A squat lobster

Common shrimp

Common shrimp

From page 6 - Barnacles and copepods

Barnacles

Barnacles (1st of 3)

Goose barnacles

Goose barnacles (2nd of 3)

Stalked barnacle

Stalked barnacle (3rd of 3)

Whale barnacle

Whale barnacle

Janet Grieve

Janet Grieve

Copepods

Copepods

From page 7 - Lesser known groups

Marine slater

Marine slater

A sand hopper

A sand hopper

Seed shrimps with eggs

Seed shrimps with eggs

How to cite this page:

Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/crabs-crayfish-and-other-crustaceans/media (accessed 19 August 2022)

Story by Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, published 12 Jun 2006

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