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Aesop Shrimp

Pandalus montagui

2,474Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb41
Mar86
Apr58
May83
Jun131
Jul358
Aug754
Sep522
Oct156
Nov85
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland28
2Highland Scotland26
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland14
4Shetland Islands —13
5Norfolk England12
6Aberdeenshire Scotland6
7Scottish Borders Scotland5
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
9Pembrokeshire Wales3
10Fife Scotland3
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
12Isle of Anglesey Wales3
13Orkney Islands Scotland2
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
15Suffolk England1
989 England512 Scotland108 Wales132 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,474
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Pandalus montagui
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,784
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Pandalidae
Genus
Pandalus
Name with authority
Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3002553 · GBIF 2222367