When it is recorded
Jan18
Feb2
Mar26
Apr134
May379
Jun324
Jul313
Aug261
Sep278
Oct95
Nov30
Dec36
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 13 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 11 | |
| 3 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 4 | Dorset | England | 8 | |
| 5 | Gwynedd | Wales | 8 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 7 | |
| 7 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 7 | |
| 8 | Torbay | England | 6 | |
| 9 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 4 | |
| 10 | Isle of Wight | England | 4 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 2 | |
| 12 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 2 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 1 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 1 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 1 |
1,379 England95 Scotland273 Wales106 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,897
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 17
- Scientific name
- Polymastia penicillus
- Group
- Sponges
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,913
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Polymastiida
- Family
- Polymastiidae
- Genus
- Polymastia
- Name with authority
- Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814)
- Described
- 1814
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3457078 · GBIF 2251465