What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Water hog lice been recorded?

Asellus aquaticus occurrence evidence comes from 15,062 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

MalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaeAsellus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

15,062 records across 21 countries and territories, 1884–2026.

Asellus aquaticus · GBIF taxon key 2206247

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18842026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Water hog lice has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Water hog lice. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 10,936
Germany 3,181
United Kingdom 498
Denmark 243
Belgium 69
Luxembourg 68
Ireland 13
Netherlands 9
Austria 8
Finland 8
France 8
Estonia 4
Czechia 3
Poland 3
Ukraine 3
China 2
Italy 2
Bulgaria 1
Iran 1
Russia 1
United States 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.