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Blood Star

Henricia sanguinolenta

760Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb61
Mar4
Apr8
May47
Jun76
Jul50
Aug317
Sep162
Oct16
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland10
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
4Scottish Borders Scotland3
5Orkney Islands Scotland2
6East Riding of Yorkshire England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
8Fife Scotland1
9Aberdeenshire Scotland1
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
85 England126 Scotland4 Wales105 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
760
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Henricia sanguinolenta
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
337
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Spinulosida
Family
Echinasteridae
Genus
Henricia
Name with authority
Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F.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 Q2462631 · GBIF 5187337