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Righthanded Hermit Crab

Anapagurus laevis

709Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
1Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb18
Mar26
Apr11
May63
Jun30
Jul38
Aug203
Sep161
Oct9
Nov2
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England1
37 England142 Scotland14 Wales29 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 1 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
709
Peak month
August
Counties with records
1
Scientific name
Anapagurus laevis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
226
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Anapagurus
Name with authority
Anapagurus laevis (Bell, 1846)
Described
1846
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13369417 · GBIF 4312313