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Achelia echinata

2,970Records since 2000
MayPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb148
Mar253
Apr215
May426
Jun328
Jul367
Aug417
Sep358
Oct128
Nov136
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England37
2Suffolk England15
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
6Isle of Wight England6
7Ceredigion Wales5
8Pembrokeshire Wales4
9Aberdeenshire Scotland4
10Kent England1
11Devon England1
12Portsmouth England1
13Medway England1
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
317 England111 Scotland200 Wales286 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,970
Peak month
May
Counties with records
14
Group
Other invertebrates
NBN Atlas records since 2000
967
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Pycnogonida
Order
Pantopoda
Family
Ammotheidae
Genus
Achelia
Name with authority
Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
Described
1864
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4020890 · GBIF 2118434