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Sea spider

Anoplodactylus petiolatus

3,655Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan112
Feb223
Mar404
Apr355
May417
Jun404
Jul678
Aug429
Sep262
Oct132
Nov121
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England13
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
3Suffolk England9
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
5Pembrokeshire Wales6
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
7Highland Scotland5
8Cumbria England5
9Cornwall England3
10Argyll and Bute Scotland3
11Orkney Islands Scotland2
354 England600 Scotland218 Wales496 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,655
Peak month
July
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Anoplodactylus petiolatus
Group
Other invertebrates
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,713
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Pycnogonida
Order
Pantopoda
Family
Phoxichilidiidae
Genus
Anoplodactylus
Name with authority
Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Krøyer, 1844)
Described
1844
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2612012 · GBIF 2117331