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Pontocrates arenarius

1,459Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb24
Mar169
Apr247
May131
Jun119
Jul221
Aug167
Sep280
Oct23
Nov35
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England33
2Devon England15
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
4Orkney Islands Scotland9
5Ceredigion Wales6
6Highland Scotland3
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
8Plymouth England2
9Dorset England1
10Bristol, City of England1
264 England122 Scotland275 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,459
Peak month
September
Counties with records
10
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
730
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Oedicerotidae
Genus
Pontocrates
Name with authority
Pontocrates arenarius (Spence Bate, 1858)
Described
1858
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1925067 · GBIF 2218933