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Montagu's Crab

Xantho hydrophilus

2,259Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb56
Mar228
Apr155
May183
Jun341
Jul287
Aug244
Sep393
Oct232
Nov88
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England539
2Devon England210
3Plymouth England105
4Isles of Scilly England62
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland58
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland50
7Pembrokeshire Wales38
8Dorset England31
9Highland Scotland28
10Swansea Wales28
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
12East Lothian Scotland22
13Fife Scotland22
14Isle of Wight England19
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
768 England8 Scotland15 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,259
Peak month
September
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Xantho hydrophilus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,969
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Xanthidae
Genus
Xantho
Name with authority
Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3021363 · GBIF 5730548