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Common Maërl

Phymatolithon calcareum

2,671Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb27
Mar16
Apr379
May109
Jun89
Jul211
Aug361
Sep1,300
Oct32
Nov32
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England16
2Argyll and Bute Scotland14
3Highland Scotland12
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
5Pembrokeshire Wales3
6Shetland Islands —1
1,024 England1,285 Scotland41 Wales71 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,671
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Phymatolithon calcareum
Also known as
Maerl
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,625
Conservation designations
Habitats Directive, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Corallinales
Family
Hapalidiaceae
Genus
Phymatolithon
Name with authority
Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) Adey & D.L.McKibbin
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3381976 · GBIF 2654944