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Porcellio spinicornis

187Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb7
Mar14
Apr42
May38
Jun25
Jul13
Aug11
Sep9
Oct10
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England15
2Highland Scotland14
3Cumbria England11
4Argyll and Bute Scotland10
5Orkney Islands Scotland9
6Gwynedd Wales8
7Aberdeen City Scotland8
8North Yorkshire England7
9North Ayrshire Scotland7
10East Lothian Scotland6
11Moray Scotland6
12Kent England5
13Aberdeenshire Scotland5
14Cambridgeshire England4
15Oxfordshire England3
83 England84 Scotland14 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
187
Peak month
April
Counties with records
43
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
121
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Porcellionidae
Genus
Porcellio
Name with authority
Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818
Described
1818

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q82841 · GBIF 6284504