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Dwarf swimming crab

Liocarcinus pusillus

2,342Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan77
Feb30
Mar62
Apr47
May87
Jun147
Jul333
Aug821
Sep328
Oct114
Nov97
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland10
2Cumbria England2
3Orkney Islands Scotland2
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
5Plymouth England1
150 England404 Scotland34 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,342
Peak month
August
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Liocarcinus pusillus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
623
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Polybiidae
Genus
Liocarcinus
Name with authority
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1816)
Described
1816
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9427945