When it is recorded
Jan39
Feb67
Mar126
Apr228
May376
Jun495
Jul666
Aug709
Sep611
Oct403
Nov115
Dec84
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 182 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 158 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 38 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 29 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 18 | |
| 6 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 17 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 15 | |
| 8 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 13 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 11 | |
| 10 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 11 | |
| 11 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 9 | |
| 12 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 13 | Torbay | England | 8 | |
| 14 | Shetland Islands | — | 5 | |
| 15 | Plymouth | England | 5 |
915 England1,934 Scotland421 Wales389 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,939
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 29
- Group
- Sea squirts
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,055
- Most recorded in
- Argyll and Bute, Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Phlebobranchia
- Family
- Ascidiidae
- Genus
- Ascidia
- Name with authority
- Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
- Described
- 1776
- Contributing datasets
- 40
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3624860 · GBIF 2330566