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Hermit Crab

Pagurus bernhardus

15,388Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan236
Feb308
Mar509
Apr681
May1,041
Jun2,792
Jul2,614
Aug2,983
Sep2,492
Oct700
Nov297
Dec184

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England290
2Argyll and Bute Scotland185
3Highland Scotland157
4Torbay England79
5Pembrokeshire Wales67
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland66
7Devon England56
8North Yorkshire England55
9Isle of Anglesey Wales54
10Scottish Borders Scotland50
11Gwynedd Wales47
12Ceredigion Wales38
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland36
14Plymouth England34
15Fife Scotland30
3,508 England2,804 Scotland1,547 Wales787 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,388
Peak month
August
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Pagurus bernhardus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,128
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Pagurus
Name with authority
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
90

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1049402 · GBIF 2224231