Columbuskrabbetjes, Planes minutus , in onze kustwateren, tweede vondst voor de Noordzee

On 29th December 1982 two living specimens, a male and a female, of Planes minutus were found on a floating rope densely covered by stalked barnacles Lepas anatifera . The rope was taken by fishermen off the Belgian coast (approx. 51°15'N, 2°5O'E). This is only the second record of the species for the North Sea.