When it is recorded
Jan13
Feb34
Mar62
Apr41
May143
Jun173
Jul269
Aug321
Sep319
Oct187
Nov53
Dec31
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 72 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 62 | |
| 3 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 6 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 6 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 4 | |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 4 | |
| 7 | Shetland Islands | — | 3 | |
| 8 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 3 | |
| 9 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| 10 | Sefton | England | 1 | |
| 11 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 1 | |
| 12 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1 | |
| 13 | Torbay | England | 1 |
240 England968 Scotland111 Wales149 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,669
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 13
- Group
- Sea squirts
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,522
- Most recorded in
- Argyll and Bute, Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Phlebobranchia
- Family
- Ascidiidae
- Genus
- Ascidia
- Name with authority
- Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
- Described
- 1776
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4916845 · GBIF 2330574