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Urothoe elegans

6,137Records since 2000
JunePeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan307
Feb256
Mar450
Apr485
May693
Jun950
Jul940
Aug606
Sep662
Oct187
Nov133
Dec93

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland26
2Pembrokeshire Wales20
3Highland Scotland17
4Shetland Islands —15
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
8Cumbria England2
9North Ayrshire Scotland2
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
11Plymouth England1
485 England1,661 Scotland173 Wales345 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,137
Peak month
June
Counties with records
11
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,788
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Urothoidae
Genus
Urothoe
Name with authority
Urothoe elegans Spence Bate, 1857
Described
1857
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4467768 · GBIF 2216088