Camouflage and Individual Variation in Shore Crabs (Carcinus maenas) from Different Habitats (original) (raw)
Figure 5
Difference in the appearance of adult and juvenile crabs from the four study sites.
Each panel shows crab phenotypes that to human eyes were broadly most representative of the common appearances found at each site. In each case, adult crabs are in the left columns and juveniles on the right. Broadly, crabs from St Mawes were the most diverse (hence the extra numbers of crabs shown here), in addition to juvenile crabs from Falmouth. Both these crab types show high diversity in color and pattern. In contrast, crabs from Helford were least diverse and were more uniform (less patterned) and blue-green in color.