When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb10
Mar27
Apr44
May36
Jun45
Jul58
Aug85
Sep56
Oct49
Nov21
Dec9
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 124 | |
| 2 | Isles of Scilly | England | 12 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 11 | |
| 4 | Plymouth | England | 11 | |
| 5 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 9 | |
| 6 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 8 | |
| 7 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 8 | |
| 8 | Swansea | Wales | 8 | |
| 9 | East Lothian | Scotland | 7 | |
| 10 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 7 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 6 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 6 | |
| 13 | Torbay | England | 5 | |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4 | |
| 15 | Fife | Scotland | 4 |
282 England49 Scotland55 Wales23 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 444
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 33
- Group
- Crustaceans
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 305
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Palaemon
- Name with authority
- Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837
- Described
- 1837
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1746434 · GBIF 2224979