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Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

9,579Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
60Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan110
Feb24
Mar355
Apr657
May1,814
Jun465
Jul822
Aug808
Sep2,074
Oct1,684
Nov542
Dec102

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England912
2Northamptonshire England651
3North Yorkshire England369
4Surrey England349
5Suffolk England348
6West Berkshire England335
7Lincolnshire England317
8Essex England314
9Gloucestershire England280
10Norfolk England268
11Kent England263
12Nottinghamshire England245
13Dorset England142
14Cambridgeshire England118
15Devon England118
9,452 England12 Scotland108 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,579
Peak month
September
Counties with records
60
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pacifastacus leniusculus
Also known as
Columbia River Signal Crayfish, Klamath Signal Crayfish, Signal Crayfish
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,298
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Astacidae
Genus
Pacifastacus
Name with authority
Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)
Described
1852
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q693000 · GBIF 2226990