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Calanus finmarchicus

4,742Records since 2000
MayPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan262
Feb244
Mar310
Apr615
May619
Jun466
Jul415
Aug346
Sep329
Oct371
Nov415
Dec340

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Redcar and Cleveland England2
2Aberdeenshire Scotland1
3Orkney Islands Scotland1
8 Scotland26 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,742
Peak month
May
Counties with records
3
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,640
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Order
Calanoida
Family
Calanidae
Genus
Calanus
Name with authority
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q312953 · GBIF 5166399