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Chinese Mitten Crab

Eriocheir sinensis

1,519Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan25
Feb12
Mar55
Apr192
May123
Jun189
Jul130
Aug188
Sep316
Oct201
Nov67
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England162
2Kent England151
3Peterborough England57
4Surrey England34
5Lincolnshire England34
6Nottinghamshire England19
7East Riding of Yorkshire England14
8North Lincolnshire England14
9Medway England13
10Sefton England8
11York England8
12Warrington England8
13Norfolk England7
14Thurrock England6
15Conwy Wales5
1,492 England1 Scotland22 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,519
Peak month
September
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Eriocheir sinensis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,403
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Kent, Peterborough
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Varunidae
Genus
Eriocheir
Name with authority
Eriocheir sinensis H.Milne Edwards, 1853
Described
1853
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q823941 · GBIF 2225776