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Great Spider Crab

Hyas araneus

2,252Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb174
Mar154
Apr159
May165
Jun341
Jul283
Aug305
Sep345
Oct146
Nov83
Dec39

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland74
2Highland Scotland70
3Norfolk England43
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland17
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
6Shetland Islands —13
7Aberdeenshire Scotland13
8North Ayrshire Scotland7
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
10Inverclyde Scotland6
11Orkney Islands Scotland5
12Pembrokeshire Wales4
13East Lothian Scotland4
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
15Cumbria England2
518 England824 Scotland78 Wales384 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,252
Peak month
September
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Hyas araneus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,899
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Oregoniidae
Genus
Hyas
Name with authority
Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2281025 · GBIF 2226648