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Chocolate finger sponge

Raspailia ramosa

2,863Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb12
Mar51
Apr204
May379
Jun455
Jul483
Aug443
Sep576
Oct128
Nov53
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales48
2Gwynedd Wales18
3Isle of Anglesey Wales17
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
5Highland Scotland4
6Devon England4
7Plymouth England4
8Dorset England3
9Cornwall England3
10Isle of Wight England3
11Argyll and Bute Scotland2
12Norfolk England1
13Conwy Wales1
14Isles of Scilly England1
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
1,844 England52 Scotland724 Wales165 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,863
Peak month
September
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Raspailia ramosa
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Raspailiidae
Genus
Raspailia
Name with authority
Raspailia ramosa (Montagu, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2374714 · GBIF 5181671