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Flying Crab

Liocarcinus holsatus

3,505Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan48
Feb95
Mar306
Apr64
May49
Jun79
Jul211
Aug1,082
Sep1,078
Oct58
Nov15
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England11
2Devon England7
3Pembrokeshire Wales3
4Cornwall England2
5East Riding of Yorkshire England2
6Sefton England2
7Aberdeenshire Scotland2
8Suffolk England1
9Kent England1
10Dorset England1
11Isle of Wight England1
12Isle of Anglesey Wales1
13Conwy Wales1
14Aberdeen City Scotland1
15Plymouth England1
326 England117 Scotland87 Wales46 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,505
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Liocarcinus holsatus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
572
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Polybiidae
Genus
Liocarcinus
Name with authority
Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2525406 · GBIF 2225596