When it is recorded
Jan174
Feb266
Mar517
Apr820
May950
Jun2,993
Jul1,921
Aug2,408
Sep2,047
Oct1,041
Nov375
Dec199
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 572 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 395 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 333 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 319 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 261 | |
| 6 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 228 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 224 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 199 | |
| 9 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 178 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 167 | |
| 11 | Plymouth | England | 137 | |
| 12 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 109 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 94 | |
| 14 | Ceredigion | Wales | 89 | |
| 15 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 86 |
5,140 England2,793 Scotland2,161 Wales1,258 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 13,886
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 68
- Scientific name
- Carcinus maenas
- Group
- Crustaceans
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 11,570
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Gwynedd, Argyll and Bute, Highland, Devon, Isle of Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Norfolk, Ards and North Down, North Yorkshire, Plymouth, Na h-Eileanan Siar +12
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Carcinidae
- Genus
- Carcinus
- Name with authority
- Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 96
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27779 · GBIF 5178595