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Ampelisca tenuicornis

8,453Records since 2000
MayPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan352
Feb606
Mar876
Apr872
May1,306
Jun1,109
Jul1,039
Aug590
Sep817
Oct420
Nov122
Dec129

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland38
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland25
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
5Pembrokeshire Wales17
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
7Shetland Islands —9
8Isle of Wight England9
9Argyll and Bute Scotland8
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
11Cornwall England6
12Devon England2
13Plymouth England2
14Conwy Wales1
15Orkney Islands Scotland1
357 England3,870 Scotland332 Wales1,132 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,453
Peak month
May
Counties with records
15
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,756
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Ampeliscidae
Genus
Ampelisca
Name with authority
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1856
Described
1856
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7843622 · GBIF 2219387