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Common Squid

Loligo vulgaris

6,543Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
4Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,377
Feb1,385
Mar71
Apr15
May6
Jun25
Jul28
Aug148
Sep1,317
Oct1,931
Nov120
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland3
2Kent England1
3Devon England1
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
43 England16 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,543
Peak month
October
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Loligo vulgaris
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
64
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Myopsida
Family
Loliginidae
Genus
Loligo
Name with authority
Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1232698 · GBIF 2290374