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Families
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Designations
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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
Earthy
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Year described
1814
Described in 1814
43
species
1813
1815
Goosebump sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,816
Auger Shell
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,801
Kite-tailed Robberfly
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,398
Chocolate finger sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,863
Crumb-of-bread sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,758
Aesop Shrimp
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,474
Polycelis felina
Group
Flatworms
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
2,250
Leach's squat lobster
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,080
Chimney sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,897
Janira maculosa
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,303
White-legged Snake Millipede
Group
Millipedes
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,102
Slender Spider Crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
1,100
Raspailia hispida
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
958
Chamaeleon prawn
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
851
Greater Short-toed Lark
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
829
White clathrina
Group
Sponges
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
781
Banded Centipede
Group
Centipedes
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
687
Cymodoce truncata
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
631
Marbled Swimming Crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
581
Nebalia herbstii
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
579
Caprella acanthifera
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
562
Mottled Bee-fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
437
Canvasback
Group
Birds
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
395
Sphenella marginata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
393
Leucosolenia complicata
Group
Sponges
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
281
Jaera albifrons
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
241
Nanogona polydesmoides
Group
Millipedes
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
209
Lekanesphaera hookeri
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
201
Phorbas plumosus
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
201
Sea-spider
Group
Other invertebrates
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
141
Ptiolina obscura
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
135
Leucandra ananas
Group
Sponges
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
134
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
124
Roxania utriculus
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
117
Clelandella miliaris
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
February
Records since 2000
98
Gammarella fucicola
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
94
Arge gracilicornis
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
91
Brachyiulus pusillus
Group
Millipedes
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
80
Rhagoletis alternata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
77
Caberea ellisii
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
73
Parajassa pelagica
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
70
Podocerus variegatus
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
67
Sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
52