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Branching sponge

Axinella dissimilis

2,544Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan85
Feb24
Mar33
Apr136
May368
Jun415
Jul457
Aug373
Sep468
Oct150
Nov22
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales31
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
3Gwynedd Wales9
4Isle of Anglesey Wales4
5Devon England3
6Isles of Scilly England3
7Highland Scotland2
8Cornwall England1
9Argyll and Bute Scotland1
10Conwy Wales1
1,710 England30 Scotland631 Wales120 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
2,544
Peak month
September
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Axinella dissimilis
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,861
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Axinellidae
Genus
Axinella
Name with authority
Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Described
1866
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2521610 · GBIF 5183098