Merlangius merlangus - Whiting - Wijting

Merlangius merlangus  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Whiting - Wijting

Borssele - filterkanaal energiecentrale, the Netherlands, 29-11-2025. In vitro photo, 29-11-2025.

Lamorna Cove, United Kingdom, 28-5-2018. Specimen A with Cyanea lamarckii (Blue jellyfish - Blauwe haarkwal), crop of next photo.

Lamorna Cove, United Kingdom, 28-5-2018. Specimen A with Cyanea lamarckii (Blue jellyfish - Blauwe haarkwal). 

Cyanea lamarckii - Blue jellyfish - Blauwe haarkwal

Cyanea lamarckii  Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Blue jellyfish - Blauwe haarkwal

Lamorna Cove, United Kingdom, 28-5-2018. Specimen A with Merlangius merlangius (Whiting - Wijting).

Lamorna Cove, United Kingdom, 28-5-2018. Specimen A with Merlangius merlangius (Whiting - Wijting).

Lamorna Cove, United Kingdom, 28-5-2018. Specimen A. 

Isleornsay, Bay of Ornsay, Scotland, 29-8-2007.

Westkapelle, the Netherlands, 8-4-2014.

Zoetersbout, the Netherlands, 23-4-2014. Captured by Hemigrapsus takanoi (Brush-clawed shore crab - Penseelkrab).

Burghsluis - Oost, the Netherlands, 19-4-2018. Captured by Tubularia indivisa (Oaten pipe hydroid - Penneschaft).

Westenschouwen, the Netherlands, 8-4-2010. 

Westenschouwen, the Netherlands, 8-4-2010. 

Hemigrapsus takanoi - Brush-clawed shore crab - Penseelkrab

Hemigrapsus takanoi  Asakura & Watanabe, 2005

Brush-clawed shore crab - Penseelkrab

Sint-Annaland, the Netherlands, 19-3-2019. Male.

Zoetersbout, the Netherlands, 23-4-2014. Male crab eating Cyanea lamarckii (Blue lion's mane - Blauwe haarkwal).

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 15-11-2016. Male.

Anna Jacobapolder, the Netherlands, 18-8-2020. Male.

Den Osse-Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 29-1-2021. Male cleaning its claw.

Dreischor - Kokrif, the Netherlands. 21-2-2015. Male.

't Koepeltje, the Netherlands, 25-6-2019. With epitoke Nereis species.

Stavenisse - Oostnol-Keetenweg, the Netherlands, 4-2-2022. In vitro photo specimen A, female, carapace width 18 mm, 6-2-2022.

Stavenisse - Oostnol-Keetenweg, the Netherlands, 4-2-2022. In vitro photo specimen A, female, carapace width 18 mm, 6-2-2022.

Dreischor - Kokrif, the Netherlands, 6-2-2014. Three male specimens.

Scharendijke, the Netherlands, 15-12-2016.

Stavenisse - Veerweg, the Netherlands, 30-11-2011. 

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 7-8-2018. Juvenile male in Codium fragile (Felt-alga - Viltwier). 

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 7-8-2018. Juvenile female hiding in empty Ostrea edulis gigas (Edible oyster - Platte oester) lined with Botrylloides diegensis or violaceus (soort Slingerzakpijp).

Dreischor - Kokrif, the Netherlands, 18-1-2021. Juvenile.

Watervalletje, the Netherlands, 9-10-2017. Moulting female.

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 9-6-2017. Two male crabs fighting.

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 22-11-2016. Male crab fighting Carcinus maenas (Shore crab - Strandkrab).