Species Detail - European Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

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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Palinurus elephas
European Spiny Lobster
NBNSYS0000188515 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
paele
(Fabricius, 1787)
crustacean
Species
137
59
34
09/08/1984
08/07/2024
23 April (recorded in 2011)
28 October (recorded in 2018)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/20831>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)