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Cloak Anemone

Calliactis palliata

1,740Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb17
Mar40
Apr35
May87
Jun253
Jul172
Aug470
Sep421
Oct106
Nov36
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland31
2Argyll and Bute Scotland16
3Torbay England9
4Fife Scotland5
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
6Shetland Islands —4
7North Ayrshire Scotland3
8Cornwall England2
9Isles of Scilly England2
10Devon England1
11Cumbria England1
12Pembrokeshire Wales1
13Aberdeenshire Scotland1
14Plymouth England1
15Inverclyde Scotland1
287 England487 Scotland50 Wales76 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
1,740
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Calliactis palliata
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Hormathiidae
Genus
Calliactis
Name with authority
Calliactis palliata (Fabricius, 1779)
Described
1779
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12192601