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Didemnum maculosum

1,713Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb11
Mar34
Apr55
May117
Jun122
Jul320
Aug417
Sep364
Oct147
Nov52
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales43
2Norfolk England22
3Highland Scotland18
4Pembrokeshire Wales18
5Cornwall England17
6Isle of Anglesey Wales14
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland10
8Dorset England9
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
10Isles of Scilly England8
11Argyll and Bute Scotland4
12Orkney Islands Scotland4
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
14Torbay England3
15Devon England2
1,030 England102 Scotland322 Wales74 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,713
Peak month
August
Counties with records
20
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,650
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Aplousobranchia
Family
Didemnidae
Genus
Didemnum
Name with authority
Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Described
1841
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4913923 · GBIF 2329637