When it is recorded
Jan6
Feb9
Mar17
Apr31
May26
Jun47
Jul47
Aug44
Sep367
Oct20
Nov21
Dec6
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwynedd | Wales | 23 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 23 | |
| 3 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 19 | |
| 4 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 17 | |
| 5 | Swansea | Wales | 14 | |
| 6 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 7 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 6 | |
| 8 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 6 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 5 | |
| 10 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 5 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 4 | |
| 12 | Sefton | England | 4 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 3 | |
| 14 | Wirral | England | 3 | |
| 15 | Kent | England | 2 |
50 England71 Scotland152 Wales6 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 641
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 26
- Scientific name
- Rhizostoma octopus
- Group
- Jellyfish, corals and anemones
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 372
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Rhizostomeae
- Family
- Rhizostomatidae
- Genus
- Rhizostoma
- Name with authority
- Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Described
- 1791
- Contributing datasets
- 3
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2595392 · GBIF 10583426