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Leach's squat lobster

Galathea squamifera

2,080Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb51
Mar92
Apr75
May89
Jun132
Jul397
Aug438
Sep452
Oct180
Nov77
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England96
2Cornwall England58
3Argyll and Bute Scotland35
4Plymouth England25
5Highland Scotland21
6Devon England20
7Isles of Scilly England20
8Orkney Islands Scotland13
9Torbay England11
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
11Kent England8
12Dorset England8
13North Yorkshire England7
14Aberdeenshire Scotland5
15Scottish Borders Scotland5
1,478 England244 Scotland75 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,080
Peak month
September
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Galathea squamifera
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,872
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Galathea
Name with authority
Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3094510 · GBIF 5178347