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Chamaeleon prawn

Hippolyte varians

851Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb10
Mar34
Apr44
May27
Jun50
Jul100
Aug240
Sep153
Oct95
Nov43
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England30
2Argyll and Bute Scotland10
3Devon England7
4Norfolk England6
5Highland Scotland6
6Aberdeenshire Scotland6
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
8Dorset England3
9Plymouth England3
10Essex England2
11Portsmouth England2
12Torbay England2
13North Yorkshire England1
14Isle of Anglesey Wales1
15Isles of Scilly England1
338 England116 Scotland9 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
851
Peak month
August
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Hippolyte varians
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
475
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Hippolytidae
Genus
Hippolyte
Name with authority
Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4471446 · GBIF 5178664