Wrinkled swimming crab (Liocarcinus corrugatus)
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Researched by | Marie Skewes | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Pennant, 1777) | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Liocarcinus corrugatus is a southern species that is found on south and west coasts of England and Ireland and in west Scotland. It is also common in Orkney.Global distribution
Recorded south from the British Isles to the Mediterranean.Habitat
Found on coarse sand and gravel down to 100 m.Depth range
-Identifying features
- The transverse ridges of the carapace bear fringes of small bristles.
- Anterolateral teeth on the carapace are all approximately of equal size.
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Bibliography
Campbell, A.C., 1982. The Hamlyn guide to the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean Sea. London: Hamlyn.
Crothers, J. & Crothers, M., 1988. A key to the crabs and crab-like animals of British inshore waters. Somerset, England: Field Studies Council. [AIDGAP guide, no. 155.]
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Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hiscock, K., Southward, A., Tittley, I., Jory, A. & Hawkins, S., 2001. The impact of climate change on subtidal and intertidal benthic species in Scotland. Scottish National Heritage Research, Survey and Monitoring Report , no. 182., Edinburgh: Scottish National Heritage
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Ingle, R.W., 1980. British Crabs. Oxford: British Museum (Natural History), Oxford University Press.
Datasets
Centre for Environmental Data and Recording, 2018. IBIS Project Data. Occurrence dataset: https://www.nmni.com/CEDaR/CEDaR-Centre-for-Environmental-Data-and-Recording.aspx accessed via NBNAtlas.org on 2018-09-25.
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-12-10
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Last Updated: 17/11/2005