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Orchestia gammarellus

220Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb1
Mar14
Apr6
May9
Jun64
Jul11
Aug47
Sep17
Oct4
Nov24
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales29
2Kent England21
3Surrey England17
4Cumbria England14
5Somerset England6
6Dorset England5
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
8Cornwall England4
9North Ayrshire Scotland4
10Fife Scotland3
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
12Swansea Wales3
13Medway England3
14Plymouth England3
15Highland Scotland2
84 England28 Scotland12 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
220
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
76
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Talitridae
Genus
Orchestia
Name with authority
Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3006417 · GBIF 4314720