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Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

63,029Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,009
Feb11,165
Mar13,864
Apr609
May141
Jun237
Jul1,208
Aug9,858
Sep4,002
Oct5,292
Nov11,527
Dec2,083

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland54
2Highland Scotland19
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
5Aberdeenshire Scotland2
6North Ayrshire Scotland1
126 England1,090 Scotland22 Wales413 Northern Ireland27 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
63,029
Peak month
March
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Nephrops norvegicus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,960
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Nephropidae
Genus
Nephrops
Name with authority
Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q551915 · GBIF 2226962