When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb24
Mar27
Apr59
May107
Jun99
Jul135
Aug182
Sep155
Oct58
Nov28
Dec36
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 30 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 5 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 5 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 4 | |
| 6 | Fife | Scotland | 3 | |
| 7 | Plymouth | England | 3 | |
| 8 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 2 | |
| 9 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 2 | |
| 10 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 2 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 1 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1 |
114 England573 Scotland23 Wales63 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 925
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 12
- Scientific name
- Ophiopholis aculeata
- Group
- Starfish and sea urchins
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 790
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Amphilepidida
- Family
- Ophiopholidae
- Genus
- Ophiopholis
- Name with authority
- Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Described
- 1767
- Contributing datasets
- 32
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q787435 · GBIF 2276107