page_title: List of British Isles rockpool life
section_title: Crustaceans
hierarchical_section_title: List of British Isles rockpool life / Animals / Arthropods / Crustaceans
caption_attribution_description: Pagurus bernhardus&#160;(Linnaeus, 1758) English: Hermit crab, Belgium
context_page_description: The rockpools of the British Isles are a feature of rocky shores and have a particular life of their own. Conditions within them are different from the open sea, as they are exposed to increased sunlight, as well as predation from land-based animals and accidental damage from tourism. Some, such as those in Wembury Marine Centre, are formally protected.
context_section_description: Sea slater, Ligia oceanica
  Barnacles
  Acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides
  Copepods
  Tidepool Copepod, Tigriopus brevicornis
  Crabs
  Broad-clawed porcelain crab, Porcellana platycheles
  Edible crab, Cancer pagurus
  Shore crab, Carcinus maenas
  Common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus
  European spider crab, Maja squinado
  Small hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator
  Velvet crab, Necora puber
  Hairy crab, Pilumnus hirtellus
  Circular crab, Atelecyclus rotundatus
  Sandy swimming crab, Liocarcinus depurator
  Masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus
  Short-legged spider crab, Eurynome aspera
  Furrowed crab, Xantho incisus
  Long-legged spider crab, Macropodia rostrata
  Great spider crab, Hyas araneus
  Long-clawed porcelain crab, Pisidia longicornis
  Prawns and shrimp
  Common prawn, Palaemon serratus
  Rockpool prawn, Palaemon elegans
  Brown shrimp, Crangon crangon
  Lobsters and squat lobsters
  Black squat lobster, Galathea squamifera
  European lobster, Homarus gammarus
  Scampi, Nephrops norvegicus
caption: Pagurus bernhardus, the common hermit crab
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