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Black tar sponge

Dercitus bucklandi

1,043Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar15
Apr52
May165
Jun176
Jul178
Aug162
Sep185
Oct81
Nov10
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England30
2Pembrokeshire Wales29
3Gwynedd Wales10
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
5Dorset England4
6Isle of Anglesey Wales4
7Devon England3
8Cornwall England2
9Isle of Wight England2
10Highland Scotland1
11North Ayrshire Scotland1
12Swansea Wales1
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
543 England10 Scotland369 Wales75 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
1,043
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Dercitus bucklandi
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tetractinellida
Family
Ancorinidae
Genus
Dercitus
Name with authority
Dercitus bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858)
Described
1858
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2341752 · GBIF 2248447