• Guides
  • Marine Life of the Mediterranean

Marine Life of the Mediterranean

Most common species found in the Med by scuba divers.

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
Poli's Stellate Barnacle 15
Chthamalus stellatus
Volcano Barnacle 16
Balanus perforatus

Edited by Lesley Clements, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Valter Jacinto | Portugal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) Duje Lalin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 3. (c) Federico Moroni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 4. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 5. (c) Massimiliano DE MARTINO, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 6. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 7. (c) Alfiero Brisotto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 8. (c) Philippe Guillaume, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 9. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 10. (c) jome jome, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 11. (c) Chris Moody, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 12. (c) Merche Sanz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 13. (c) Peterkoelbl, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 14. (c) Liné1, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 15. (c) 2013 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 16. (c) Rosser1954, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Member of the iNaturalist Network   |   Powered by iNaturalist open source software |   Documentation for developers