Show Us Yours, mid-January topic: Decapoda (crabs, shrimps, lobsters)

It is a lovely crab !

I think I have the same , LOOK , and I love it very much

Thanks! Great to know what species it is
Susanne, yes, indeed, the colours are slightly different on mine

Here are mine

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I know the horseshoe crab is wrong :)

Wonderful, Andreas

Thank you Susanne :)

Thanks Andreas, I knew you would contribute soon :-)

I was traveling for six days but now I am back so time to update this thread. This time, the decapods produced by Kitan Club as part of the Nature Techni Colour Series (now produced by Ikimon).

back row, left to right:
1. giant Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) [Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan]
2. purple pincer hermit crab, Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858 [Nature of Japan - Ogasawara]
3. ornate spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) [Toba Aquarium]
middle row, left to right:
4. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus (von Siebold, 1824) [Nature of Japan Vol. 1]
5. horsehair crab, Erimacrus isenbeckii (Brandt, 1848) [Nature of Japan, Vol. 3]
6. Japanese freshwater crab, Geothelphusa dehanni (White, 1847) [Nature of Japan, Vol. 2]
front:
7. Geothelphusa dehanni [this was part of a strap set of eight figures, same sculpt but different colors]

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A.R.Garcia wrote:

Simone, I like your stand-up crab.

Blaine, you have beautiful figures and useful info. Your previous pictures on the ATF helped me know what to look for when trying to add to my own decapod group- I will have to make some pictures and share them here.

I once tried in vain to identify the Habitat Earth "pear crab". I think the closest I could come was the sandflat elbow crab Heterocrypta occidentalis . The carapace shape isn't the same (it almost seems reversed) but it does have white spots and the two little "V" shapes on top.

hey Andy I am just now seeing this. I will check out your tentative ID of the pear crab, and if not that, maybe it's something closely related! Thanks!

Great again Blaine. With your figurines in this SUY i think i will decide to collect more crabs.

With the acquisition of the 2018 Safari LTD spiny lobster, time to showcase the Safari LTD Incredible Creatures decapods:

1. Maine lobster, Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards, 1837
2. California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus (Randall, 1840)
3. shrimp, gen. sp.
4. terrestrial hermit crab, Coenobita sp.
5. blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
6. Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Hurraay for Safari

That picture of all Incredible Creatures decapodes is priceless! An interesting batch of creatures and those fit perfectly in what I think that series should represent. The Incredible Creatures line is really incredible and give us some fabulous large pieces.

Roger wrote:

That picture of all Incredible Creatures decapodes is priceless! An interesting batch of creatures and those fit perfectly in what I think that series should represent. The Incredible Creatures line is really incredible and give us some fabulous large pieces.

Agreed, my friend!

Possibilities for figure releases: crayfish, fiddler crab, mantis shrimp :)

I have a few more :)

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So many strange creatures that exist in this group

widukind wrote:

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Whaaaaa, I haven't seen this creature before! What is it? I love it!

Tarunyada wrote:

widukind wrote:

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Whaaaaa, I haven't seen this creature before! What is it? I love it!

Looks like a scyllarid (slipper lobster).

halichoeres wrote:

Tarunyada wrote:

widukind wrote:

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Whaaaaa, I haven't seen this creature before! What is it? I love it!

Looks like a scyllarid (slipper lobster).

Yes, it's Ibacus ciliatus, and there are two: this one by Yujin and another by Epoch.

I need to get back to contributing to this thread...

Very interesting creature! Thank you both for answering, halichoeres and Blaine!

Time to get back to this thread. These are the LARGE AAA figures; it does not include smaller versions. Also, I am missing at least the spiny lobster. But here are the four large decapods I have (I have the mantis shrimp too, but that is not a decapod):

1. dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852
2. mud crab, Scylla serrata (Forsskal, 1774) (one of the first posts in this thread is the small AAA version of this species)
3. Maine lobster, Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards, 1827
4. tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798

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Nice but very huge i think :)

I have that large dungeness crab too, I found it on a flea market
so far it is my only crab but I like it very much!!

I really enjoy seeing everyone's crabs and shrimps etc. !!
all really beautiful and interesting figures i think

They are AWESOME

I love these sea critters from AAA

Dude, these decapods are epoch! I mean, literally, they were produced by the company Epoch! They come from various sets.

roughly left to right, top to bottom (some of these have been shown already); those with an asterisk (*) are unique at the species level:
1. giant Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi
2. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus
3. Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus
4. freshwater crab, Geothelphusa dehanni
5. long-armed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus*
6. terrestrial hermit crab, Coenobita caviceps [one of three color variants I have]
7. European lobster, Homarus gammarus*
8. harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta*
9. floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus*
10. coconut crab, Birgus latro
11. fiddler crab, Austruca lactea
12. squat lobster, Ibacus ciliatus
13. long-armed soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus

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WOW !

Wonderful set Blaine :)