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Compressed purse sponge

Grantia compressa

1,203Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb3
Mar32
Apr68
May158
Jun191
Jul155
Aug177
Sep196
Oct108
Nov38
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales40
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland37
3Isle of Anglesey Wales35
4Scottish Borders Scotland34
5Gwynedd Wales33
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland24
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
8Aberdeenshire Scotland14
9Highland Scotland13
10Isles of Scilly England12
11Devon England10
12Norfolk England9
13Dorset England8
14Cornwall England8
15East Riding of Yorkshire England8
467 England151 Scotland326 Wales143 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,203
Peak month
September
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Grantia compressa
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,195
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Calcarea
Order
Leucosolenida
Family
Grantiidae
Genus
Grantia
Name with authority
Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10078855