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Boring sponge

Cliona celata

11,493Records since 2000
JunePeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan384
Feb72
Mar224
Apr702
May1,859
Jun2,687
Jul1,838
Aug1,504
Sep1,323
Oct436
Nov240
Dec161

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales191
2Torbay England79
3Gwynedd Wales64
4Dorset England54
5Isle of Anglesey Wales38
6Highland Scotland29
7Norfolk England28
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland26
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
11Cornwall England11
12Devon England10
13Argyll and Bute Scotland10
14Conwy Wales9
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
5,992 England940 Scotland2,354 Wales396 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,493
Peak month
June
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Cliona celata
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,170
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire, Torbay, Gwynedd, Dorset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Clionaida
Family
Clionaidae
Genus
Cliona
Name with authority
Cliona celata Grant, 1826
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q965239 · GBIF 5183631