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
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 22 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 2 | |
| 3 | Devon | England | 1 | |
| 4 | Gwynedd | Wales | 1 |
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