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Idotea chelipes

264Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar11
Apr5
May6
Jun9
Jul48
Aug16
Sep114
Oct20
Nov8
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England49
2East Riding of Yorkshire England46
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland45
4Kent England19
5Dorset England19
6Isle of Anglesey Wales18
7Cambridgeshire England8
8Norfolk England5
9Cumbria England3
10Cornwall England2
11Essex England2
12Isle of Wight England2
13Portsmouth England1
14North Ayrshire Scotland1
187 England50 Scotland20 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
264
Peak month
September
Counties with records
14
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
257
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Idoteidae
Genus
Idotea
Name with authority
Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2346458 · GBIF 5176242