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Brown bryozoan, Common bugula

Bugula neritina

539Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb19
Mar14
Apr9
May28
Jun38
Jul78
Aug59
Sep98
Oct64
Nov54
Dec53

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Plymouth England56
2Torbay England33
3Pembrokeshire Wales30
4Cornwall England25
5Suffolk England19
6Essex England16
7Portsmouth England12
8Isle of Wight England11
9Brighton and Hove England8
10Dorset England7
11Devon England7
12Kent England6
13Medway England6
14Gwynedd Wales5
15Swansea Wales5
319 England4 Scotland23 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
539
Peak month
September
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Bugula neritina
Group
Bryozoans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
370
Most recorded in
Plymouth
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Family
Bugulidae
Genus
Bugula
Name with authority
Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4255986 · GBIF 4984851