When it is recorded
Jan37
Feb51
Mar133
Apr131
May147
Jun177
Jul183
Aug282
Sep248
Oct129
Nov44
Dec25
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 186 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 114 | |
| 3 | Plymouth | England | 71 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 63 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 61 | |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | England | 33 | |
| 7 | Isles of Scilly | England | 27 | |
| 8 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 26 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 22 | |
| 10 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 19 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 15 | |
| 12 | East Lothian | Scotland | 15 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 14 | |
| 14 | Swansea | Wales | 13 | |
| 15 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 10 |
797 England84 Scotland338 Wales230 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,619
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 39
- Scientific name
- Porcellana platycheles
- Group
- Crustaceans
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,328
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Gwynedd, Plymouth, Ards and North Down, Devon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Porcellanidae
- Genus
- Porcellana
- Name with authority
- Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777)
- Described
- 1777
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3908455 · GBIF 5178358