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Carrageen

Chondrus crispus

5,647Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan105
Feb39
Mar162
Apr528
May788
Jun740
Jul783
Aug854
Sep961
Oct302
Nov119
Dec98

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales310
2Gwynedd Wales259
3Cornwall England168
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland149
5Pembrokeshire Wales143
6Devon England116
7Scottish Borders Scotland66
8Highland Scotland63
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland61
10Norfolk England56
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland53
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland50
13Isle of Anglesey Wales47
14Orkney Islands Scotland47
15Isles of Scilly England39
2,160 England578 Scotland1,751 Wales763 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,647
Peak month
September
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Chondrus crispus
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,764
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Gigartinaceae
Genus
Chondrus
Name with authority
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4963539 · GBIF 5279115