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Linear skeleton shrimp

Caprella linearis

540Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb3
Mar7
Apr27
May28
Jun83
Jul134
Aug110
Sep61
Oct25
Nov6
Dec19

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England6
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
3North Ayrshire Scotland4
4Isle of Anglesey Wales2
5Norfolk England1
6Scottish Borders Scotland1
7Plymouth England1
41 England130 Scotland30 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
540
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Caprella linearis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
248
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Caprellidae
Genus
Caprella
Name with authority
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3934148 · GBIF 5178080