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Crumb-of-bread sponge

Hymeniacidon perlevis

2,758Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb32
Mar70
Apr157
May279
Jun464
Jul451
Aug391
Sep546
Oct113
Nov23
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales286
2Pembrokeshire Wales284
3Ceredigion Wales95
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland95
5Cornwall England66
6Isle of Anglesey Wales53
7Swansea Wales36
8Plymouth England28
9Dorset England27
10Devon England26
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
13Argyll and Bute Scotland14
14Isles of Scilly England12
15Highland Scotland10
773 England33 Scotland1,399 Wales357 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
2,758
Peak month
September
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Hymeniacidon perlevis
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,674
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Suberitida
Family
Halichondriidae
Genus
Hymeniacidon
Name with authority
Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2618026 · GBIF 2250096