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Sand digger shrimp

Bathyporeia elegans

5,027Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb133
Mar495
Apr783
May777
Jun776
Jul730
Aug300
Sep349
Oct193
Nov139
Dec50

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland32
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland28
3Cumbria England8
4Ceredigion Wales5
5Highland Scotland4
6Devon England3
7Pembrokeshire Wales3
8Kent England1
9Somerset England1
10Carmarthenshire Wales1
11Isle of Wight England1
12Conwy Wales1
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
14Plymouth England1
384 England271 Scotland327 Wales230 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,027
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Bathyporeia elegans
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,247
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Bathyporeiidae
Genus
Bathyporeia
Name with authority
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938
Described
1938
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2172340 · GBIF 2216112