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Least skeleton shrimp

Phtisica marina

3,129Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan93
Feb140
Mar286
Apr158
May316
Jun292
Jul444
Aug438
Sep514
Oct199
Nov79
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland8
2Plymouth England8
3Pembrokeshire Wales6
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland5
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
6Orkney Islands Scotland3
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
8Essex England2
9Argyll and Bute Scotland2
10Shetland Islands —2
11Isle of Wight England2
12Isle of Anglesey Wales2
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Portsmouth England1
225 England885 Scotland101 Wales589 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

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
3,129
Peak month
September
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Phtisica marina
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,828
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Caprellidae
Genus
Phtisica
Name with authority
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Described
1769
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4487468 · GBIF 2216713