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Asterionella formosa

247Records since 2000
MayPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb8
Mar12
Apr45
May46
Jun6
Jul8
Aug9
Sep34
Oct34
Nov15
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales48
2Powys Wales33
3Oxfordshire England23
4Pembrokeshire Wales19
5Ceredigion Wales17
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
7Wrexham Wales13
8West Dunbartonshire Scotland13
9Stirling Scotland11
10Isle of Anglesey Wales10
11Conwy Wales7
12Carmarthenshire Wales6
13Swansea Wales3
14East Lothian Scotland1
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
2 England41 Scotland179 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
247
Peak month
May
Counties with records
17
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
232
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Fragilariales
Family
Fragilariaceae
Genus
Asterionella
Name with authority
Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850
Described
1850

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q49600081 · GBIF 3192686