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Mantis shrimp

Rissoides desmaresti

142Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb7
Mar15
Apr4
May1
Jun8
Jul20
Aug39
Sep29
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Wight England1
2Torbay England1
23 England2 Scotland23 Wales

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

About this species

Records since 2000
142
Peak month
August
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Rissoides desmaresti
Group
Crustaceans
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Stomatopoda
Family
Squillidae
Genus
Rissoides
Name with authority
Rissoides desmaresti (Risso, 1816)
Described
1816

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3855871 · GBIF 4316692