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Botrylloides violaceus

243Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb13
Mar16
Apr5
May11
Jun30
Jul46
Aug28
Sep43
Oct22
Nov9
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Plymouth England37
2Cornwall England13
3Torbay England13
4Suffolk England11
5Pembrokeshire Wales7
6Portsmouth England5
7Kent England3
8Dorset England3
9Essex England3
10Gwynedd Wales3
11Highland Scotland2
12Devon England2
13Somerset England2
14Conwy Wales2
15Swansea Wales2
173 England5 Scotland25 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
243
Peak month
July
Counties with records
24
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
220
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Styelidae
Genus
Botrylloides
Name with authority
Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927
Described
1927

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4948812 · GBIF 4354941