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Northern Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab

Pagurus pubescens

595Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb33
Mar9
Apr5
May9
Jun24
Jul18
Aug222
Sep251
Oct14
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland10
2Plymouth England1
10 England59 Scotland3 Wales17 Northern Ireland

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

About this species

Records since 2000
595
Peak month
September
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Pagurus pubescens
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
89
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Pagurus
Name with authority
Pagurus pubescens Krøyer, 1838
Described
1838
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11846369 · GBIF 2224225