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Angular Crab

Goneplax rhomboides

1,046Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb50
Mar84
Apr71
May54
Jun120
Jul65
Aug298
Sep159
Oct43
Nov47
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England17
2Highland Scotland7
3Devon England5
4Argyll and Bute Scotland4
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
6Kent England1
7Dorset England1
8Gwynedd Wales1
9Pembrokeshire Wales1
10Shetland Islands —1
11Aberdeenshire Scotland1
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
13Isle of Anglesey Wales1
14North Ayrshire Scotland1
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
183 England176 Scotland73 Wales152 Northern Ireland5 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
1,046
Peak month
August
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Goneplax rhomboides
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
675
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Goneplacidae
Genus
Goneplax
Name with authority
Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5237895 · GBIF 2227571