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Common Spider Crab

Maja squinado

11,388Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb526
Mar5,095
Apr525
May61
Jun348
Jul2,165
Aug98
Sep2,285
Oct31
Nov12
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England10
2Pembrokeshire Wales6
3Gwynedd Wales2
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
5Kent England1
6Dorset England1
7Ceredigion Wales1
8Isle of Wight England1
9Swansea Wales1
7 England8 Scotland161 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,388
Peak month
March
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Maja squinado
Group
Crustaceans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Majidae
Genus
Maja
Name with authority
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
Described
1788
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2233169 · GBIF 5178690