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A hermit crab

Cestopagurus timidus

58Records since 2000
JulyPeak month

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb8
Mar0
Apr3
May0
Jun6
Jul11
Aug6
Sep10
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
58
Peak month
July
Scientific name
Cestopagurus timidus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
56
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Cestopagurus
Name with authority
Cestopagurus timidus (Roux, 1830)
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13460611 · GBIF 4312375