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A hydroid

Lytocarpia myriophyllum

123Records since 2000
MayPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May33
Jun16
Jul17
Aug23
Sep15
Oct10
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland3
2Argyll and Bute Scotland3
41 England32 Scotland9 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
123
Peak month
May
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Lytocarpia myriophyllum
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
107
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Aglaopheniidae
Genus
Lytocarpia
Name with authority
Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2488219 · GBIF 2267470