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Prideaux's hermit crab

Pagurus prideaux

2,791Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan33
Feb87
Mar410
Apr85
May149
Jun304
Jul154
Aug547
Sep535
Oct132
Nov41
Dec53

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland33
2Argyll and Bute Scotland14
3Torbay England12
4Devon England6
5Fife Scotland5
6Shetland Islands —4
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
8Cornwall England2
9Pembrokeshire Wales2
10Isles of Scilly England2
11North Ayrshire Scotland2
12Cumbria England1
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
14Isle of Wight England1
15Isle of Anglesey Wales1
316 England476 Scotland59 Wales103 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,791
Peak month
August
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Pagurus prideaux
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,045
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Pagurus
Name with authority
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815
Described
1815
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7124468 · GBIF 4312123