A nut crab (Ebalia granulosa)
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Researched by | Anna Neish | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | H. Milne Edwards, 1837 | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Recorded off east Scotland in the Firth of Forth, west Scotland in the Sound of Arisaig, Galway Bay, Ireland, and at three sites in Salcombe Harbour, Devon, England.Global distribution
Found from the British Isles south to Spain and the Mediterranean.Habitat
Ebalia granulosa can be found on coarse grounds, from the shallow sublittoral to beyond the edge of the continental shelf.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Carapace as broad as long with a maximum length of 11 mm.
- Carapace yellowish with 2 red spots and branchial swellings.
- Posterior margin of carapace has shallow V indent in females, more sharply indented in males.
- Claws (chelipeds) of equal length but proportionally larger than in other nut crab species.
- Claws have sharp longitudinal ridges on fifth and fourth segments.
- Female claws shorter than in males and the sixth segment (propodus) is less swollen.
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Bibliography
Hayward, P., Nelson-Smith, T. & Shields, C. 1996. Collins pocket guide. Sea shore of Britain and northern Europe. London: HarperCollins.
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. 1994. The marine fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe. Volume 1. Introduction and Protozoans to Arthropods. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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., 1993. Hermit crabs of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. An illustrated key. London: Natural History Museum Publications, Chapman & Hall.
Ingle, R.W., 1980. British Crabs. Oxford: British Museum (Natural History), Oxford University Press.
Ingle, R.W., 1983. Shallow-water Crabs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[Synopses of the British Fauna No. 25].
Datasets
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: 2024-10-09
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Last Updated: 28/05/2003