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Scorpion Spider Crab

Inachus dorsettensis

1,747Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb66
Mar306
Apr62
May48
Jun103
Jul141
Aug334
Sep354
Oct74
Nov12
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales10
2Highland Scotland9
3Devon England7
4Dorset England5
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
6Isle of Anglesey Wales4
7Gwynedd Wales3
8Orkney Islands Scotland3
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
12Fife Scotland1
13Aberdeenshire Scotland1
14Conwy Wales1
15North Ayrshire Scotland1
147 England115 Scotland103 Wales123 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,747
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Inachus dorsettensis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
493
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Inachidae
Genus
Inachus
Name with authority
Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2008275 · GBIF 5178706