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class="thumbcaption"><i><a href="/wiki/Pinnotheres_pisum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinnotheres pisum">Pinnotheres pisum</a></i> (up to 4 mm across the carapace)</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Around 65 species of <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">crab</a> occur in the waters of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All are marine, with the exception of the introduced Chinese mitten crab, <i><a href="/wiki/Eriocheir_sinensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Eriocheir sinensis">Eriocheir sinensis</a></i>, which occurs in <a href="/wiki/Fresh_water" title="Fresh water">fresh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish water</a>. They range in size from the deep-water species <i><a href="/wiki/Paromola_cuvieri" title="Paromola cuvieri">Paromola cuvieri</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which can reach a claw span of 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the <a href="/wiki/Pea_crab" title="Pea crab">pea crab</a>, which is only 4 mm (0.16 in) wide and lives inside <a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">mussel</a> shells. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fisheries">Fisheries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crabs_of_the_British_Isles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fisheries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Commercial crabs in the British Isles</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG/220px-DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG/330px-DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG/440px-DormeursCancer_pagurus2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Nearly 30,000 t of the edible crab <i><a href="/wiki/Cancer_pagurus" title="Cancer pagurus">Cancer pagurus</a></i> is landed in the British Isles every year.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cangrejo-rafax.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Cangrejo-rafax.JPG/220px-Cangrejo-rafax.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Cangrejo-rafax.JPG/330px-Cangrejo-rafax.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Cangrejo-rafax.JPG/440px-Cangrejo-rafax.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1,500 t of the spider crab <i><a href="/wiki/Maja_brachydactyla" title="Maja brachydactyla">Maja brachydactyla</a></i> is landed in the British Isles every year.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carcinus_maenas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Carcinus_maenas.jpg/220px-Carcinus_maenas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Carcinus_maenas.jpg/330px-Carcinus_maenas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Carcinus_maenas.jpg/440px-Carcinus_maenas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2563" data-file-height="1924" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">More than 500 t of the shore crab, <i><a href="/wiki/Carcinus_maenas" title="Carcinus maenas">Carcinus maenas</a></i>, is landed in the British Isles every year.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Necora025eue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Necora025eue.jpg/220px-Necora025eue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Necora025eue.jpg/330px-Necora025eue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Necora025eue.jpg/440px-Necora025eue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="615" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Up to 200 t of the velvet crab, <i><a href="/wiki/Necora_puber" class="mw-redirect" title="Necora puber">Necora puber</a></i>, is landed in the British Isles every year.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Several species of wild crab are the subject of <a href="/wiki/Crab_fisheries" title="Crab fisheries">crab fisheries</a> around the coasts of the British Isles. The most important are the brown crab or edible crab, <i><a href="/wiki/Cancer_pagurus" title="Cancer pagurus">Cancer pagurus</a></i> (29,193 t), various swimming crabs (3,180 t), the spider crab <i><a href="/wiki/Maja_brachydactyla" title="Maja brachydactyla">Maja brachydactyla</a></i> (1,565 t), the shore crab or green crab <i><a href="/wiki/Carcinus_maenas" title="Carcinus maenas">Carcinus maenas</a></i> (553 t) and the velvet crab <i><a href="/wiki/Necora_puber" class="mw-redirect" title="Necora puber">Necora puber</a></i> (193 t). Around 77% of the catch is landed in the United Kingdom, 19% in Ireland, 4% in the Channel Islands, and 1% in the Isle of Man.<sup id="cite_ref-FAO_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crabs_of_the_British_Isles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>62 species have been directly observed in the waters of the British Isles:<sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 24em;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Dromiidae" title="Dromiidae">Dromiidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dromia_personata" title="Dromia personata">Dromia personata</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Homolidae" title="Homolidae">Homolidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Paromola_cuvieri" title="Paromola cuvieri">Paromola cuvieri</a></i> <small>(Risso, 1816)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Leucosiidae" title="Leucosiidae">Leucosiidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebalia_cranchii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebalia cranchii (page does not exist)">Ebalia cranchii</a></i> <small>Leach, 1817</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebalia_granulosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebalia granulosa (page does not exist)">Ebalia granulosa</a></i> <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1837</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebalia_nux&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebalia nux (page does not exist)">Ebalia nux</a></i> <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1883</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebalia_tuberosa" title="Ebalia tuberosa">Ebalia tuberosa</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebalia_tumefacta" title="Ebalia tumefacta">Ebalia tumefacta</a></i> <small>(Montagu, 1808)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Majidae" title="Majidae">Majidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maja_brachydactyla" title="Maja brachydactyla">Maja brachydactyla</a></i> <small>Balss, 1922</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eurynome_aspera" title="Eurynome aspera">Eurynome aspera</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurynome_spinosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eurynome spinosa (page does not exist)">Eurynome spinosa</a></i> <small>Hailstone, 1835</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Oregoniidae" title="Oregoniidae">Oregoniidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyas_araneus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyas araneus">Hyas araneus</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyas_coarctatus" title="Hyas coarctatus">Hyas coarctatus</a></i> <small>Leach, 1815</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Inachidae" title="Inachidae">Inachidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achaeus_cranchii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achaeus cranchii (page does not exist)">Achaeus cranchii</a></i> <small>Leach, 1817</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inachus_dorsettensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Inachus dorsettensis">Inachus dorsettensis</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inachus_leptochirus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inachus leptochirus (page does not exist)">Inachus leptochirus</a></i> <small>Leach, 1817</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inachus_phalangium" title="Inachus phalangium">Inachus phalangium</a></i> <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macropodia_deflexa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macropodia deflexa (page does not exist)">Macropodia deflexa</a></i> <small>Forest, 1978</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macropodia_linaresi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macropodia linaresi (page does not exist)">Macropodia linaresi</a></i> <small>Forest & Zariquiey Alvarez, 1964</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macropodia_rostrata" title="Macropodia rostrata">Macropodia rostrata</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macropoda_tenuirostris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macropoda tenuirostris (page does not exist)">Macropoda tenuirostris</a></i> <small>(Leach, 1814)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Epialtidae" title="Epialtidae">Epialtidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pisa_armata" title="Pisa armata">Pisa armata</a></i> <small>(Latreille, 1803)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pisa_tetraodon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pisa tetraodon (page does not exist)">Pisa tetraodon</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Parthenopidae" title="Parthenopidae">Parthenopidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parthenopides_massena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parthenopides massena (page does not exist)">Parthenopides massena</a></i> <small>(Roux, 1830)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Corystidae" title="Corystidae">Corystidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Corystes_cassivelaunus" class="mw-redirect" title="Corystes cassivelaunus">Corystes cassivelaunus</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Atelecyclidae" title="Atelecyclidae">Atelecyclidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Atelecyclus_rotundatus" title="Atelecyclus rotundatus">Atelecyclus rotundatus</a></i> <small>(Olivi, 1792)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atelecyclus_undecimdentatus" title="Atelecyclus undecimdentatus">Atelecyclus undecimdentatus</a></i> <small>(Herbst, 1783)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Thiidae" title="Thiidae">Thiidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Thia_scutellata" class="mw-redirect" title="Thia scutellata">Thia scutellata</a></i> <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Pirimelidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirimelidae">Pirimelidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pirimela_denticulata" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirimela denticulata">Pirimela denticulata</a></i> <small>(Montagu, 1808)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Cancridae" title="Cancridae">Cancridae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cancer_bellianus" title="Cancer bellianus">Cancer bellianus</a></i> <small>Johnson, 1861</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cancer_pagurus" title="Cancer pagurus">Cancer pagurus</a></i> <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Portunidae" title="Portunidae">Portunidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Callinectes_sapidus" title="Callinectes sapidus">Callinectes sapidus</a></i> <small>Rathbun, 1896</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carcinus_maenas" title="Carcinus maenas">Carcinus maenas</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bathynectes_longipes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bathynectes longipes (page does not exist)">Bathynectes longipes</a></i> <small>(Risso, 1816)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bathynectes_maravigna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bathynectes maravigna (page does not exist)">Bathynectes maravigna</a></i> <small>(Prestandrea, 1839)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liocarcinus_corrugatus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liocarcinus corrugatus (page does not exist)">Liocarcinus corrugatus</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_depurator" title="Liocarcinus depurator">Liocarcinus depurator</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_holsatus" title="Liocarcinus holsatus">Liocarcinus holsatus</a></i> <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_marmoreus" title="Liocarcinus marmoreus">Liocarcinus marmoreus</a></i> <small>(Leach, 1814)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_navigator" title="Liocarcinus navigator">Liocarcinus navigator</a></i> <small>(Herbst, 1794)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_pusillus" title="Liocarcinus pusillus">Liocarcinus pusillus</a></i> <small>(Leach, 1815)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liocarcinus_zariquieyi" title="Liocarcinus zariquieyi">Liocarcinus zariquieyi</a></i> <small>Gordon, 1968</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macropipus_tuberculatus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macropipus tuberculatus (page does not exist)">Macropipus tuberculatus</a></i> <small>(Roux, 1830)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Necora_puber" class="mw-redirect" title="Necora puber">Necora puber</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polybius_henslowii" title="Polybius henslowii">Polybius henslowii</a></i> <small>Leach, 1820</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portumnus_latipes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portumnus latipes (page does not exist)">Portumnus latipes</a></i> <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xaiva_biguttata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xaiva biguttata (page does not exist)">Xaiva biguttata</a></i> <small>(Risso, 1816)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Geryonidae" title="Geryonidae">Geryonidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Geryon_trispinosus" title="Geryon trispinosus">Geryon trispinosus</a></i> <small>(Herbst, 1803)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Goneplacidae" title="Goneplacidae">Goneplacidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Goneplax_rhomboides" title="Goneplax rhomboides">Goneplax rhomboides</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Xanthidae" title="Xanthidae">Xanthidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monodaeus_couchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monodaeus couchi (page does not exist)">Monodaeus couchi</a></i> <small>(Couch, 1851)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xantho_hydrophilus" title="Xantho hydrophilus">Xantho hydrophilus</a></i> <small>(Herbst, 1790)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xantho_pilipes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xantho pilipes (page does not exist)">Xantho pilipes</a></i> <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1867</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Panopeidae" title="Panopeidae">Panopeidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dyspanopeus_sayi" title="Dyspanopeus sayi">Dyspanopeus sayi</a></i> <small>(S. I. Smith, 1869)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhithropanopeus_harrisii" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhithropanopeus harrisii">Rhithropanopeus harrisii</a></i> <small>(Gould, 1841)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Pilumnoididae" title="Pilumnoididae">Pilumnoididae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilumnoides_inglei" title="Pilumnoides inglei">Pilumnoides inglei</a></i> <small>Guinot & Macpherson, 1987</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Pilumnidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilumnidae">Pilumnidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilumnus_hirtellus" title="Pilumnus hirtellus">Pilumnus hirtellus</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Grapsidae" title="Grapsidae">Grapsidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pachygrapsus_marmoratus" title="Pachygrapsus marmoratus">Pachygrapsus marmoratus</a></i> <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planes_minutus" title="Planes minutus">Planes minutus</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Varunidae" title="Varunidae">Varunidae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brachynotus_sexdentatus" title="Brachynotus sexdentatus">Brachynotus sexdentatus</a></i> <small>(Risso, 1827)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eriocheir_sinensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Eriocheir sinensis">Eriocheir sinensis</a></i> <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1853</small></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asthenognathus_atlanticus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asthenognathus atlanticus (page does not exist)">Asthenognathus atlanticus</a></i> <small>Monod, 1933</small></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Pinnotheridae" title="Pinnotheridae">Pinnotheridae</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepinnotheres_pinnotheres&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (page does not exist)">Nepinnotheres pinnotheres</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinnotheres_pisum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinnotheres pisum">Pinnotheres pisum</a></i> <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small></li></ul> </div> <p>Three deep-water species have also been recorded near the British Isles, and are likely to occur in the area. These are:<sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cymonomus_granulatus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cymonomus granulatus (page does not exist)">Cymonomus granulatus</a></i> <small>(Norman <i>in</i> Wyville Thomson, 1873)</small> (<a href="/wiki/Cymonomidae" title="Cymonomidae">Cymonomidae</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dorhynchus_thomsoni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dorhynchus thomsoni (page does not exist)">Dorhynchus thomsoni</a></i> <small>Wyville Thomson, 1873</small> (<a href="/wiki/Inachidae" title="Inachidae">Inachidae</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rochinia_carpenteri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rochinia carpenteri (page does not exist)">Rochinia carpenteri</a></i> <small>(Wyville Thomson, 1873)</small> (<a href="/wiki/Epialtidae" title="Epialtidae">Epialtidae</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crabs_of_the_British_Isles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 32em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howson & Picton define the waters of the British Isles to be the area within the 200 metres (660 ft) <a href="/wiki/Isobath" class="mw-redirect" title="Isobath">isobath</a> surrounding the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, between <a href="/wiki/48th_parallel_north" title="48th parallel north">48 °N</a> and 62.5 °N, and between <a href="/wiki/13th_meridian_west" title="13th meridian west">13 °W</a> and <a href="/wiki/6th_meridian_east" title="6th meridian east">6 °E</a>; this includes the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> and parts of the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> coasts of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, but excludes the <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FAO-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FAO_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fishery data is for the year 2009, and is taken from the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">FAO</a>'s online database, summing the captures for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Zoological_nomenclature" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoological nomenclature">Nomenclature</a> follows Ng et al. 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