Species Detail - Scorpion Spider Crab (Inachus dorsettensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Inachus dorsettensis
Scorpion Spider Crab
NBNSYS0000175872
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
indor
(Pennant, 1777)
Crustacean
Species
12
5
6
20/11/2005
07/08/2019
9 January (recorded in 2012)
24 November (recorded in 1993)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Scorpion Spider Crab (Inachus dorsettensis), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/17948