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Crumpled duster sponge

Axinella damicornis

815Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb3
Mar18
Apr44
May135
Jun133
Jul135
Aug130
Sep158
Oct40
Nov5
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales22
2Highland Scotland2
3Devon England1
4Gwynedd Wales1
515 England6 Scotland213 Wales73 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
815
Peak month
September
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Axinella damicornis
Also known as
Sponge
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
892
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Axinellidae
Genus
Axinella
Name with authority
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Described
1794
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2635955 · GBIF 5183117