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Woolly hermit crab

Pagurus cuanensis

881Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb37
Mar29
Apr31
May83
Jun145
Jul113
Aug118
Sep159
Oct67
Nov18
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Wight England10
2Highland Scotland9
3Argyll and Bute Scotland8
4Pembrokeshire Wales6
5Torbay England2
6Cornwall England1
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
8Portsmouth England1
9North Ayrshire Scotland1
257 England167 Scotland83 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
881
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Pagurus cuanensis
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
550
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Paguridae
Genus
Pagurus
Name with authority
Pagurus cuanensis Bell, 1846
Described
1846
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11846367 · GBIF 2224217