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Botrylloid

Botrylloides leachii

1,358Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb9
Mar39
Apr46
May136
Jun206
Jul228
Aug237
Sep307
Oct70
Nov38
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales43
2Highland Scotland31
3Gwynedd Wales25
4Cornwall England21
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland21
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland20
7Dorset England18
8Plymouth England18
9Isle of Anglesey Wales17
10Isles of Scilly England12
11Swansea Wales9
12Norfolk England8
13Suffolk England7
14Devon England7
15Aberdeenshire Scotland6
546 England220 Scotland237 Wales129 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,358
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Botrylloides leachii
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,212
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Styelidae
Genus
Botrylloides
Name with authority
Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Described
1816
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13442912 · GBIF 4354950