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Ascidian

Styela clava

1,550Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb43
Mar68
Apr67
May133
Jun216
Jul300
Aug263
Sep239
Oct99
Nov60
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England33
2Suffolk England31
3Pembrokeshire Wales27
4Plymouth England25
5Cornwall England22
6Essex England21
7Dorset England20
8Devon England17
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland15
10Sefton England14
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
12Isle of Wight England12
13Gwynedd Wales10
14Kent England9
15Portsmouth England9
1,069 England41 Scotland203 Wales52 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,550
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Styela clava
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,361
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Styelidae
Genus
Styela
Name with authority
Styela clava Herdman, 1881
Described
1881
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3023683 · GBIF 2331942