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 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/18070>