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Ampelisca brevicornis

3,740Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan135
Feb156
Mar425
Apr324
May467
Jun469
Jul414
Aug365
Sep536
Oct178
Nov117
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland27
2Orkney Islands Scotland15
3Pembrokeshire Wales13
4Cornwall England12
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
6Highland Scotland9
7Essex England7
8Suffolk England5
9Argyll and Bute Scotland5
10Isle of Wight England2
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
12Belfast Northern Ireland2
13Dorset England1
14Shetland Islands —1
15Redcar and Cleveland England1
254 England1,085 Scotland278 Wales588 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,740
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,228
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Ampeliscidae
Genus
Ampelisca
Name with authority
Ampelisca brevicornis (A.Costa, 1853)
Described
1853
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3194522 · GBIF 2219446