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Elegant anemone

Cylista elegans

8,403Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan160
Feb180
Mar191
Apr340
May845
Jun1,112
Jul2,419
Aug1,409
Sep997
Oct421
Nov181
Dec90

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England78
2Isle of Anglesey Wales63
3Highland Scotland61
4Pembrokeshire Wales49
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland40
6Scottish Borders Scotland32
7Gwynedd Wales30
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland29
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland27
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
11Argyll and Bute Scotland24
12Swansea Wales18
13Isles of Scilly England17
14Aberdeenshire Scotland16
15Shetland Islands —15
3,027 England1,400 Scotland955 Wales457 Northern Ireland6 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,403
Peak month
July
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Cylista elegans
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,383
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Sagartiidae
Genus
Cylista
Name with authority
Cylista elegans (Dalyell, 1848)
Described
1848
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q106990120 · GBIF 11181921