Crustacea

Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species.  Some of the animals and pants featured include whelks, mussels, bladderwrack, star fish, top shells, periwinkles, crabs, branacles, and anenomes.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Daphnia about to be eaten by the bladder of the carnivorous bladderwort Utricularia species

American lobster Homarus americanus pair with male with large claw and long red antennae in the foregrouf, female behind, colouration as when alive

White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes very simplifies line and wash drawing showing the crusatcean in profile

White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in profile with claws lifted and antennae extended

Pen and ink illustration showing the diversity of members in the Crustacea family

Edible crab Cancer pagurus pen and ink illustration with rich watercolour top wash, cut to white, stippled, view from above

Fresh water shrimp Gammarus pulex on a sandy background showing its laterally compressed sides

Horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus wayercolour showing dorsal view of top of shell, cut to white

Woodlouse Porcellio scaber illustration showing the rough crey surface and segmented body. Cut to whtie