Pisa nodipes - Geknobbelde spinkrab

Pisa nodipes  Leach, 1815

Geknobbelde spinkrab

Siouville, Normandy, France, May 1988*. In vitro photo dead male, specimen A, L: 48 mm, 23-1-2024.

Siouville, Normandy, France, May 1988*. In vitro photo dead male, specimen A, 23-1-2024.

Siouville, Normandy, France, May 1988*. In vitro photo dead male, specimen A, with previous moults, 23-1-2024. The moult at the bottom left carries Cereus pedunculatus. See also previous photo's.

Lanvéoc - east, France, 26-5-2024. In vitro photo male, specimen B, L: 41 mm, 28-5-2024.

Lanvéoc - east, France, 26-5-2024. In vitro photo male, specimen B, 28-5-2024.

Lanvéoc - east, France, 26-5-2024. Specimen B, relocated, 28-5-2024.

Lanvéoc - east, France, 26-5-2024. Specimen C. Photo 45º tilted anti-clockwise, on Chondrosia reniformis (Chicken liver sponge).

Lanvéoc - east, France, 26-5-2024. Specimen C. Photo in original position, on Chondrosia reniformis (Chicken liver sponge).

Siouville, Normandy, France, May 1988*. In vitro photo dead male, specimen D, L: 30 mm, 24-1-2024. Carapace covered by an unidentified sponge.

Siouville, Normandy, France, May 1988*. In vitro photo dead male, specimen D, 24-1-2024.

Nikiana, Lefkas, Greece, August 1988*. In vitro photo dead male (at the bottom) with previous moults, L: 39 mm, 24-1-2024. With attached pieces of a Bryozoan species on the carapace.

Desimou Bay, Lefkas, Greece, August 1986*. In vitro photo dead male, L: 34 mm, 24-1-2024. 

Cancale, France, August 1990*. In vitro photo dead female, specimen E, L: 14 mm, 24-1-2024. 

Cancale, France, August 1990*. In vitro photo dead female, specimen E, L: 14 mm, 24-1-2024. 

* The photo's of the dead specimens are from crabs that I have kept in my aquarium for some time. After they died, they were preserved in alcohol.