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Leach's Spider Crab

Inachus phalangium

665Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb11
Mar25
Apr13
May53
Jun115
Jul77
Aug132
Sep130
Oct69
Nov9
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales14
2Torbay England13
3Isle of Anglesey Wales12
4Gwynedd Wales11
5Dorset England10
6Cornwall England6
7Highland Scotland4
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
9North Ayrshire Scotland3
10Swansea Wales2
11Devon England1
12Cumbria England1
13Argyll and Bute Scotland1
14Shetland Islands —1
335 England45 Scotland106 Wales74 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
665
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Inachus phalangium
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
587
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Inachidae
Genus
Inachus
Name with authority
Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9524640