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Marbled Swimming Crab

Liocarcinus marmoreus

581Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb14
Mar60
Apr22
May13
Jun60
Jul51
Aug154
Sep128
Oct2
Nov16
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland11
2Argyll and Bute Scotland5
3Cornwall England1
37 England86 Scotland24 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
581
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Liocarcinus marmoreus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
150
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Polybiidae
Genus
Liocarcinus
Name with authority
Liocarcinus marmoreus (Leach, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2378449 · GBIF 4307250