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Long-clawed Porcelain Crab

Pisidia longicornis

9,663Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan169
Feb232
Mar502
Apr361
May620
Jun939
Jul1,415
Aug2,047
Sep1,953
Oct598
Nov309
Dec135

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland67
2Cornwall England60
3Devon England36
4Pembrokeshire Wales32
5Isle of Anglesey Wales31
6Plymouth England27
7Gwynedd Wales26
8Aberdeenshire Scotland22
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland19
10North Yorkshire England17
11Isles of Scilly England16
12East Lothian Scotland9
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
14Isle of Wight England9
15North Ayrshire Scotland9
1,392 England589 Scotland514 Wales715 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,663
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Pisidia longicornis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,272
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Pisidia
Name with authority
Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
82

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3389241 · GBIF 5178356