A new crab species has been discovered in the coral reefs of the South China Sea ... Belonging to the Xanthidae family, this small crab is "densely covered with short setae" and showcases a ...

Get to know them, however, and there’s a lot more to the 60 or so species of crabs that live around the British coast. Among the most familiar and easily recognisable is the brown crab (Cancer pagurus ...

Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long ... Most notably, the rufa red knot, a shorebird species that feeds on horseshoe crab eggs during its 19,000-mile migration ...

A wildlife charity in Cornwall has said stocks of brown crab are diminishing due to overfishing. The Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) said it planned to downgrade the species from three to four on ...

Their coloration ranges from light brown to reddish-orange ... The giant mud crab (Scylla serrata) is a crab species native to the Indo-Pacific region, commonly living in mangrove forests ...

The micro-crab was photographed and then taken ... densely covered short setae, and brown-striped coloration.” The species lives in the crevices of shallow coral reefs, according to the study ...

They are the only crab found in freshwater but may be confused with native species in coastal habitats. Mitten crabs can be identified by the following features: Grey-green to dark brown body Dense ...