Species Detail - Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) - 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).
Necora puber
Velvet swimming crab
NBNSYS0000176651
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
nepub
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Crustacean
Species
1075
137
54
19/10/2003
17/10/2021
1 January (recorded in 2016)
30 December (recorded in 2018)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/18070