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Squat Lobster

Munida rugosa

6,374Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan89
Feb184
Mar379
Apr289
May253
Jun1,850
Jul623
Aug1,003
Sep923
Oct421
Nov168
Dec102

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland224
2Highland Scotland208
3Aberdeenshire Scotland8
4North Ayrshire Scotland8
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
6Scottish Borders Scotland4
7Orkney Islands Scotland3
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
9Dorset England2
10Pembrokeshire Wales2
11Shetland Islands —2
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
13Inverclyde Scotland2
14North Yorkshire England1
15Sefton England1
376 England3,770 Scotland119 Wales280 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,374
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Munida rugosa
Also known as
rugose squat lobster
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,870
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Munididae
Genus
Munida
Name with authority
Munida rugosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3932327 · GBIF 2222603