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Dujardin's slime sponge

Halisarca dujardinii

929Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar19
Apr16
May44
Jun209
Jul245
Aug167
Sep152
Oct53
Nov16
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales119
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland26
3Pembrokeshire Wales17
4Isle of Anglesey Wales16
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
6Isles of Scilly England8
7Highland Scotland6
8East Lothian Scotland5
9Scottish Borders Scotland4
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
11Norfolk England2
12East Riding of Yorkshire England2
13Essex England2
14Devon England2
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
323 England33 Scotland409 Wales100 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
929
Peak month
July
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Halisarca dujardinii
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
883
Most recorded in
Gwynedd
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Chondrillida
Family
Halisarcidae
Genus
Halisarca
Name with authority
Halisarca dujardinii Johnston, 1842
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19726161 · GBIF 6485909