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Common Prawn

Palaemon serratus

2,854Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan72
Feb89
Mar77
Apr137
May197
Jun240
Jul468
Aug542
Sep600
Oct263
Nov106
Dec39

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England160
2Norfolk England67
3Devon England51
4Pembrokeshire Wales45
5Torbay England45
6Gwynedd Wales32
7Plymouth England29
8Argyll and Bute Scotland21
9Isle of Anglesey Wales18
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
11Dorset England12
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
13Swansea Wales12
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland12
15Kent England11
1,665 England190 Scotland522 Wales192 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,854
Peak month
September
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Palaemon serratus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,965
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Norfolk, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Palaemon
Name with authority
Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2103330 · GBIF 2224987