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Killer shrimp

Dikerogammarus villosus

539Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb12
Mar80
Apr7
May73
Jun21
Jul150
Aug78
Sep30
Oct55
Nov29
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England169
2Cambridgeshire England30
3Northamptonshire England27
4Gwynedd Wales3
5Pembrokeshire Wales2
6Conwy Wales2
7Swansea Wales2
8Ceredigion Wales1
9Carmarthenshire Wales1
213 England291 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
539
Peak month
July
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Dikerogammarus villosus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
400
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Gammaridae
Genus
Dikerogammarus
Name with authority
Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894)
Described
1894
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q447913 · GBIF 4315705