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Mud shrimp

Corophium volutator

2,001Records since 2000
JunePeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb37
Mar262
Apr294
May111
Jun301
Jul71
Aug287
Sep266
Oct125
Nov101
Dec76

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England113
2Isle of Anglesey Wales87
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland78
4Highland Scotland69
5Gwynedd Wales57
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland55
7Suffolk England42
8Isle of Wight England29
9Cumbria England20
10North Lincolnshire England20
11Cornwall England18
12Norfolk England16
13Essex England15
14Pembrokeshire Wales14
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
660 England186 Scotland662 Wales94 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,001
Peak month
June
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Corophium volutator
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,667
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Corophiidae
Genus
Corophium
Name with authority
Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1460707 · GBIF 2217320