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Harbour Crab

Liocarcinus depurator

7,062Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan122
Feb364
Mar411
Apr344
May354
Jun673
Jul787
Aug1,644
Sep1,385
Oct392
Nov179
Dec115

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland182
2Highland Scotland82
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland46
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland38
5Torbay England27
6Gwynedd Wales24
7Sefton England12
8Isle of Anglesey Wales11
9Norfolk England9
10Devon England9
11Shetland Islands —9
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
13North Ayrshire Scotland9
14Cornwall England8
15Pembrokeshire Wales8
789 England2,173 Scotland409 Wales1,262 Northern Ireland10 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,062
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Liocarcinus depurator
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,107
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Polybiidae
Genus
Liocarcinus
Name with authority
Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
68

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9577510