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Cocconeis placentula

2,767Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan42
Feb0
Mar31
Apr503
May426
Jun55
Jul128
Aug40
Sep866
Oct524
Nov152
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales643
2Gwynedd Wales286
3Carmarthenshire Wales243
4Pembrokeshire Wales233
5Denbighshire Wales193
6Isle of Anglesey Wales162
7Ceredigion Wales141
8Monmouthshire Wales137
9Wrexham Wales134
10Conwy Wales115
11Swansea Wales60
12Oxfordshire England41
13Aberdeenshire Scotland12
14Herefordshire, County of England10
15Worcestershire England2
38 England14 Scotland2,673 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,767
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
880
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Achnanthales
Family
Cocconeidaceae
Genus
Cocconeis
Name with authority
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg, 1838
Described
1838
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q67693875 · GBIF 7644374