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Risso's Crab

Xantho pilipes

477Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb43
Mar84
Apr38
May43
Jun22
Jul50
Aug41
Sep93
Oct28
Nov16
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England118
2Plymouth England36
3Devon England24
4Isles of Scilly England14
5Pembrokeshire Wales8
6Isle of Anglesey Wales5
7Argyll and Bute Scotland3
8Orkney Islands Scotland2
9Swansea Wales2
10Dorset England1
11Highland Scotland1
12Gwynedd Wales1
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
268 England24 Scotland37 Wales14 Northern Ireland5 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
477
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Xantho pilipes
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
324
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Xanthidae
Genus
Xantho
Name with authority
Xantho pilipes A.Milne-Edwards, 1867
Described
1867
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6498661 · GBIF 5178773