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Brittlestar

Amphiura filiformis

10,470Records since 2000
JunePeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan451
Feb622
Mar1,081
Apr1,027
May1,431
Jun1,537
Jul1,161
Aug612
Sep742
Oct658
Nov342
Dec180

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland47
2Highland Scotland40
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland31
4Argyll and Bute Scotland20
5Pembrokeshire Wales18
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
9Aberdeenshire Scotland2
10Devon England1
11Ceredigion Wales1
12Isle of Anglesey Wales1
13Conwy Wales1
14Torbay England1
578 England4,029 Scotland460 Wales1,012 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,470
Peak month
June
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Amphiura filiformis
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,226
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Amphilepidida
Family
Amphiuridae
Genus
Amphiura
Name with authority
Amphiura filiformis (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3278191 · GBIF 2277820