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Cave-burrowing anemone

Cylista troglodytes

1,281Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb5
Mar14
Apr45
May116
Jun172
Jul317
Aug335
Sep149
Oct90
Nov19
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England28
2Torbay England14
3Dorset England8
4Cornwall England7
5Essex England6
6Pembrokeshire Wales6
7Suffolk England4
8Devon England4
9Cambridgeshire England3
10Gwynedd Wales3
11Isle of Anglesey Wales3
12Highland Scotland2
13East Riding of Yorkshire England2
14Isles of Scilly England2
15Kent England1
1,043 England41 Scotland147 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,281
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Cylista troglodytes
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,123
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Sagartiidae
Genus
Cylista
Name with authority
Cylista troglodytes (Price, 1847)
Described
1847
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q106990132 · GBIF 5184338