List of crustaceans of Ireland
Diagram of a typical crustacean (Euphausia superba ), showing the usual bodyplan.
There are 1,774 species of crustaceans recorded in Ireland .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Crustaceans are arthropods of the subphylum Crustacea. Most are aquatic, such as shrimp , barnacles , lobsters , crayfish , krill , but some are also adapted for land living, such as woodlice and crabs .
41 species
including
Eurycercus lamellatus
Eurycercus glacialis
Female adult Daphnia longispina with eggs; a freshwater water flea
12 species
including
8 species
3 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
2 species
4 species
2 species including
1 species
1 species
15 species including
15 species including
6 species including
Japanese skeleton shrimp
11 species including
1 species
14 species including
1 species
6 species
1 species
8 species including
15–16 species
Gammarus lacustris
2 species
1 species
Family Talitridae (landhoppers, sandhoppers, sand fleas)
Orchestia gammarellus
6 species
2 species
1 species
Hyperia galba , part of the zooplankton
7 species including
6 species
14 species including
4 species
1 species
1 species
10 species including
42 species including
2 species
1 species
6 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
3 species
1 species
13 species including
3 species
Perioculodes longimanus
Synchelidium maculatum
11 species including
5 species
5–6 species including
1 species
8–9 species
8 species including
Bathyporeia elegans , an unpigmented amphipod
7 species
3 species
2 species including
1 species
1 species
2 species
3 species
2 species
2? species
10 species
5 species
4 species
4 species
1 species
1 species
3 species
1species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
Order Cumacea (hooded shrimp, comma shrimp)
Male Bodotria scorpioides
9 species including
12 species including
2 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
1 species
13 species
1 species
2 species
1 species
3 species
1 species
4 species
9 species
1 species
2 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
3 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
8 species
Family Alpheidae (snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp, alpheid shrimp)
3 species including
1 species
Atelecyclus rotundatus
1 species
1 species
2 species including
2 species including
Cancer pagurus
2 species including
Corystes cassivelaunus
1 species
11 species including
South-claw hermit crab in a Nassarius reticulatus shell
1 species
Galathea intermedia , a squat lobster
10 species including
Angular crab
1 species
Family Grapsidae (marsh crabs, shore crabs, talon crabs)
Eriocheir sinensis
2 species including
13 species including
Scorpion spider crab
Bryer's nut crab
5 species including
Spiny spider crab
17 species including
Homarus gammarus , common lobster
3 species including
Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab, soldier crab)
11 species including
1 species
Hyas araneus
2 species including
Palinurus elephas (European spiny lobster, crayfish, cray, common spiny lobster, Mediterranean lobster, red lobster)
5 species including
2 species including
1 species
2 species
Liocarcinus depurator
14 species including
3 species
Family Thoridae (broken-back shrimp, anemone shrimp)
2 species
Family Xanthidae (mud crabs, pebble crabs, rubble crabs)
Xantho hydrophilus , a nocturnal herbivore crab.
6 species including
3 species
7 species
Armadillidium vulgare
Asellus aquaticus
Eurydice pulchra (speckled sea louse)
10 species
Adult Idotea granulosa
8 species
10 species
1 species
2 species
4 species
1 species
1 species
8 species
Porcellio scaber (common rough woodlouse)
13 species
2 species
2 species
1 species
2 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
7 species
1 species
3 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
6 species
2 species
10 species
1 species
Order Mysida (opossum shrimps)
3 species
66 species including
Gastrosaccus spinifer , a slender opossum shrimp.
1 species
2 species
3 species
2 species
1species
2 species
1 species
2 species
Argulus foliaceus (common fish louse)
2 species including
1 species
5 species including
6 species including
4 species
10 species
6 species
8 species
12 species
28 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
6 species
4 species
1 species
1 species
4 species
5 species
7 species
1 species
4 species
3 species
3 species
7 species
35 species
12 species
12 species
22 species
2 species
3 species
3 species
1 species
Order Kentrogonida
1 species
2 species
6 species
8 species
6 species
8 species
41 species
23 species
12 species
3 species
Adult male Tigriopus brevicornis (tigger-pod)
12 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
16-17 species
2 species
1 species
5 species
1 species
18 species
4-5 species
8 species
2 species
4 species
34 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
38 species
1 species
23 species
5 species
6 species
26 species
1 species
2 species
8 species
1 species
3 species
2 species
36 species
1 species
2 species
3 species
2 species
3 species
4 species
1 species
4 species
16-17 species
5 species
14 species
2 species
3 species
1 species
3 species
1 species
1 species
2-3 species
2 species
2 species
6 species
3 species
1 species
2 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
16 species
1 species
5 species
1 species
1 species
2 species
8 species
1 species
18 species including
1 species
3 species
3 species
1species
1 species
1 species
6 species
2 species
10-11 species
7 species
Lepas anatifera (pelagic gooseneck barnacle, smooth gooseneck barnacle)
6 species
4 species including
2 species
1 species
3 species including
Balanus crenatus
6-7 species including
Chthamalus stellatus (Poli's stellate barnacle)
2 species
1 species
1 species
1 species
1species
2 species
1species
2 species
2-3 species
1species
4 species
1 species
1 species
13 species
5 species
4 species
5 species
8 species
1 species
11 species
6 species
2 species
2 species
22 species including
25 species including
2 species
3 species
See also
References
P. J. Hayward and J. S. Ryland Eds., 1999 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe : Volume II: Molluscs to Chordates Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198575153
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas .Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification . Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Ferriss, S. E.; Smith, K. G.; Inskipp, T. P., eds. (2009). "Irish Biodiversity: a taxonomic inventory of fauna" (PDF) . National Parks & Wildlife Service .
Roche, C.; Clarke, S.; O’Connor, B. (2005). "Inventory of Irish marine wildlife publications, Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 16" (PDF) . National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government . Dublin, Ireland.
Fauna Europaea (land and freshwater) finds 207 species in Ireland for Subphylum Crustacea
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