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Sleepy crab

Dromia personata

190Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar74
Apr15
May11
Jun15
Jul16
Aug18
Sep27
Oct5
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales7
2Devon England1
3Isle of Anglesey Wales1
4Swansea Wales1
10 England62 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
190
Peak month
March
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Dromia personata
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
78
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Dromiidae
Genus
Dromia
Name with authority
Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900924 · GBIF 2221836