When it is recorded
Jan3
Feb6
Mar110
Apr60
May109
Jun180
Jul177
Aug128
Sep100
Oct51
Nov30
Dec22
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 47 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 41 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 12 | |
| 4 | Torbay | England | 7 | |
| 5 | Highland | Scotland | 5 | |
| 6 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 5 | |
| 7 | Plymouth | England | 4 | |
| 8 | Gwynedd | Wales | 3 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 2 | |
| 10 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 2 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 1 | |
| 12 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 1 | |
| 13 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 1 | |
| 14 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1 | |
| 15 | Swansea | Wales | 1 |
477 England79 Scotland182 Wales42 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 979
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 15
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Palinurus elephas
- Also known as
- crawfish
- Group
- Crustaceans
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 898
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palinuridae
- Genus
- Palinurus
- Name with authority
- Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787)
- Described
- 1787
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q8162866 · GBIF 2221606