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Elegant sea spider

Nymphon brevirostre

2,154Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb14
Mar28
Apr19
May318
Jun528
Jul427
Aug402
Sep175
Oct42
Nov58
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England16
2Suffolk England3
3Highland Scotland1
4Devon England1
5Pembrokeshire Wales1
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
258 England26 Scotland56 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,154
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Nymphon brevirostre
Group
Other invertebrates
NBN Atlas records since 2000
436
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Pycnogonida
Order
Pantopoda
Family
Nymphonidae
Genus
Nymphon
Name with authority
Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863
Described
1863
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q199107 · GBIF 2117886