When it is recorded
Jan12
Feb7
Mar15
Apr68
May170
Jun155
Jul431
Aug570
Sep446
Oct228
Nov98
Dec21
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 69 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 16 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 15 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 13 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 9 | |
| 6 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 7 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 6 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 5 | |
| 9 | Torbay | England | 4 | |
| 10 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 2 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 2 | |
| 13 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 2 | |
| 14 | Isles of Scilly | England | 2 | |
| 15 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 2 |
1,741 England149 Scotland208 Wales72 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
- 2,224
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 20
- Group
- Sea squirts
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,270
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Aplousobranchia
- Family
- Didemnidae
- Genus
- Diplosoma
- Name with authority
- Diplosoma spongiforme (Giard, 1872)
- Described
- 1872
- Contributing datasets
- 32
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4922276 · GBIF 5200415