Marine Life of the Mediterranean

Most common species found in the Med by scuba divers.

All 201

Shamefaced Crab ¹
Calappa granulata

Marbled Crab ²
Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Warty Crab ³
Eriphia verrucosa

Scorpion Spider Crab ⁴
Inachus dorsettensis

Lesser Spider Crab ⁵
Maja crispata

European Spider Crab
Maja squinado

Sponge Crab ⁶
Dromia personata

Greater Hermit Crab ⁷
Dardanus arrosor

Red Hermit Crab ⁸
Dardanus calidus

Spinous Squad Lobster ⁷
Galathea strigosa

European lobster ⁹
Homarus gammarus

Golden Coral Shrimp ¹⁰
Stenopus spinosus

Spotted Bumblebee Shrimp ⁷
Gnathophyllum elegans

Rockpool Prawn ⁹
Palaemon elegans

Common Prawn ¹¹
Palaemon serratus

Monaco Shrimp ¹²
Lysmata seticaudata

European Spiny Lobster ⁷
Palinurus elephas

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster ¹³
Scyllarides latus

Small European Locust Lobster ¹⁴
Scyllarus arctus

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