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Brown seaweed

Carpomitra costata

267Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr14
May54
Jun51
Jul33
Aug90
Sep14
Oct3
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland1
2Pembrokeshire Wales1
3North Ayrshire Scotland1
125 England71 Scotland17 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
267
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Carpomitra costata
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
278
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Sporochnales
Family
Sporochnaceae
Genus
Carpomitra
Name with authority
Carpomitra costata (Stackh.) Batters

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q29508673 · GBIF 3196229