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Pea crab

Pinnotheres pisum

303Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb11
Mar24
Apr18
May46
Jun35
Jul40
Aug40
Sep59
Oct7
Nov12
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland2
2Highland Scotland1
3Essex England1
4Pembrokeshire Wales1
5Brighton and Hove England1
25 England10 Scotland21 Wales39 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
303
Peak month
September
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Pinnotheres pisum
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
108
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Pinnotheridae
Genus
Pinnotheres
Name with authority
Pinnotheres pisum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2234799 · GBIF 2226844