Species Detail - Great Spider Crab (Hyas araneus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Hyas araneus
Great Spider Crab
NBNSYS0000175822 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
hyara
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Crustacean
Species
17
10
6
17/03/2020
31/01/2025
23 January (recorded in 2023)
14 December (recorded in 2003)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Spider Crab (Hyas araneus), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/17939>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)