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Idotea balthica

321Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb13
Mar40
Apr25
May32
Jun18
Jul31
Aug37
Sep54
Oct37
Nov11
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England32
2Devon England12
3Plymouth England12
4Dorset England10
5East Riding of Yorkshire England6
6North Yorkshire England6
7Aberdeenshire Scotland6
8Isle of Anglesey Wales6
9Pembrokeshire Wales5
10Norfolk England4
11Highland Scotland3
12Gwynedd Wales3
13East Lothian Scotland3
14Isle of Wight England2
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
185 England56 Scotland33 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
321
Peak month
September
Counties with records
22
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
256
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Idoteidae
Genus
Idotea
Name with authority
Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
Described
1772

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1305770 · GBIF 5176195