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Bristly Crab

Pilumnus hirtellus

1,825Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan57
Feb54
Mar103
Apr94
May158
Jun260
Jul149
Aug297
Sep338
Oct105
Nov68
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England21
2Devon England18
3Isles of Scilly England15
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland12
5Plymouth England12
6Isle of Anglesey Wales7
7Pembrokeshire Wales5
8North Yorkshire England4
9Argyll and Bute Scotland4
10Ceredigion Wales4
11Isle of Wight England4
12Swansea Wales4
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
14Dorset England3
15Highland Scotland3
503 England17 Scotland80 Wales74 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,825
Peak month
September
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Pilumnus hirtellus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
685
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Pilumnidae
Genus
Pilumnus
Name with authority
Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q720588 · GBIF 2227605