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Speckled Sea Louse

Eurydice pulchra

1,485Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb27
Mar86
Apr108
May135
Jun262
Jul193
Aug114
Sep318
Oct59
Nov38
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England55
2Devon England51
3Gwynedd Wales14
4Pembrokeshire Wales13
5Swansea Wales13
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
7Highland Scotland10
8Carmarthenshire Wales10
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
10Conwy Wales7
11Cumbria England5
12Fife Scotland5
13Angus Scotland4
14Bristol, City of England3
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
351 England88 Scotland488 Wales78 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,485
Peak month
September
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Eurydice pulchra
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,047
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Cirolanidae
Genus
Eurydice
Name with authority
Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1816
Described
1816
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1649261 · GBIF 5177188