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Spiny Squat lobster

Galathea strigosa

2,427Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan39
Feb65
Mar70
Apr163
May267
Jun339
Jul365
Aug443
Sep420
Oct170
Nov51
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland61
2Argyll and Bute Scotland45
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
4Pembrokeshire Wales23
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
6Fife Scotland15
7Scottish Borders Scotland15
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
9Cornwall England14
10Devon England13
11Aberdeenshire Scotland12
12Torbay England12
13Kent England11
14Orkney Islands Scotland10
15Shetland Islands —8
868 England855 Scotland274 Wales261 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,427
Peak month
August
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Galathea strigosa
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,663
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Galathea
Name with authority
Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1760)
Described
1760
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q376226 · GBIF 5178351