The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Kräftdjur: Krill – Tiofotade Kräftdjur [Swedish] Crustacea: Euphausiacea – Decapoda

Language: Swedish, with English abstracts and identification keys

Whether you are a marine biologist, beachcomber or just curious about marine life, the book opens the door to discoveries of many fascinating and often overlooked species that live in Sweden’s seas. A world filled with armoured hunters,camouflage experts and dazzling creatures.

This book features hermit crabs that carry their homes on their backs, lobsters with ‘nutcracker’ claws and luminous shrimps that sparkle in the dark like living stars. With their bodily diversity, physiological flexibility and creative life strategies, crustaceans have managed to colonise a wide variety of habitats – from shallow beaches with shore crabs hunting in the shallow pools of the tide to the pitch-black depths of the sea where North Sea shrimps swim.

The group of krill, which in Sweden only includes luminous shrimps, is a marine species. The closely related group of decapod crustaceans also includes mainly marine species, a few of the Swedish species live in freshwater. This volume of The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna offers breathtaking diversity – from slender shrimps with neat legs to armoured crabs and unknown, small species with names such as troll lobster and ghost crayfish. In total, 5 species of krill and 91 species of decapod crustaceans are described, all with beautiful and informative illustrations, detailed texts and clear identification keys.