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Broad beau of sea

Echinocyamus pusillus

11,335Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan499
Feb494
Mar732
Apr502
May1,043
Jun1,311
Jul1,736
Aug2,253
Sep1,020
Oct326
Nov603
Dec215

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —10
2Highland Scotland9
3Pembrokeshire Wales6
4Isle of Anglesey Wales4
5Isles of Scilly England3
6Cornwall England1
7Devon England1
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
9Conwy Wales1
10Plymouth England1
1,094 England1,231 Scotland263 Wales182 Northern Ireland13 Isle of Man

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
11,335
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Echinocyamus pusillus
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,939
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
Echinolampadacea
Family
Fibulariidae
Genus
Echinocyamus
Name with authority
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2034701 · GBIF 2279077