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Microprotopus maculatus

1,083Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb12
Mar147
Apr214
May182
Jun206
Jul125
Aug39
Sep124
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland39
2Essex England10
3Suffolk England5
4Isle of Wight England5
5Dorset England3
6Belfast Northern Ireland3
7Highland Scotland2
8Pembrokeshire Wales2
9Portsmouth England2
10Plymouth England2
11Cumbria England1
12Fife Scotland1
13Ceredigion Wales1
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
65 England50 Scotland115 Wales377 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,083
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
616
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Microprotopidae
Genus
Microprotopus
Name with authority
Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867
Described
1867
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2332367 · GBIF 2218020