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Crabs representing a nickname for pubic lice or 'VD' with chinese lettering; a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

Thirteen types of crab and two other marine crustaceans. Engraving by I. Taylor.

A violet crab: ventral and dorsal aspect. Coloured etching, ca. 1792.

Seventeen crustaceans, including the Commmon crab, the Cleanser crab and the Rough crab. Engraving by J. Record.

The soldier crab, in its shell and out of its shell;; the hermit crabin its shell and out of its shelll; bottom, the land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1800.

A red crab, representing the disease cancer. Colour lithograph by Kramer, ca. 1931.

Two fossils of a crab, showing top and underside. Watercolour.

Horseshoe crab: dorsal and ventral views. Watercolour by Zayhn al-Din, 1777/1783.

An account of the deep-sea Brachyura collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator / by A. Alcock.

The nomenclature of crabs collected during the cruises of HMS Porcupine in 1869 and 1870 : with notes on the Norman collection of invertebrata and its acquisition by the British Museum (Natural History) / A.L. Rice.

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Brachyura

Images from the collections

Images referencing Brachyura

Works from the collections

An account of the deep-sea Brachyura collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator / by A. Alcock.

The soldier crab, in its shell and out of its shell;; the hermit crabin its shell and out of its shelll; bottom, the land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1800.

Two fossils of a crab, showing top and underside. Watercolour.

Thirteen types of crab and two other marine crustaceans. Engraving by I. Taylor.

The nomenclature of crabs collected during the cruises of HMS Porcupine in 1869 and 1870 : with notes on the Norman collection of invertebrata and its acquisition by the British Museum (Natural History) / A.L. Rice.