Common shore crab  (Carcinus maenas)

Eggs of common shore crab ready to hatch, showing eyes of larvae

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Common shore crab larvae

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Young common shore crab

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Common shore crab

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Common shore crab

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Common shore crab

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Common shore crab, close up

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Common shore crab

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Common shore crab

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Common shore crab in rock pool

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Common shore crab buried in sand

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Common shore crab threat display

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Common shore crab feeding

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Common shore crab feeding on jellyfish

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Common shore crabs scavenging on dead fish

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Common shore crabs predating mussels in feeding frenzy

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Common shore crabs mating

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Common shore crab with eggs

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Common shore crab being eaten by herring gull

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Common shore crab in habitat

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Common shore crab with egg mass of parasitic barnacle Sacculina carcini

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