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Melita palmata

332Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb0
Mar62
Apr22
May13
Jun46
Jul15
Aug32
Sep54
Oct8
Nov40
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England29
2Pembrokeshire Wales27
3Suffolk England22
4Isle of Wight England7
5Isles of Scilly England6
6Gwynedd Wales4
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
8Isle of Anglesey Wales4
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
10Kingston upon Hull, City of England4
11Medway England3
12Portsmouth England2
13Norfolk England1
14Dorset England1
15Highland Scotland1
127 England22 Scotland86 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
332
Peak month
March
Counties with records
22
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
255
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Melitidae
Genus
Melita
Name with authority
Melita palmata (Montagu, 1804)
Described
1804

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1996555 · GBIF 2215953