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Elysia viridis

327Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar18
Apr30
May48
Jun42
Jul42
Aug36
Sep57
Oct25
Nov7
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England19
2Cornwall England12
3Isles of Scilly England12
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
6Highland Scotland6
7Devon England6
8Torbay England6
9Argyll and Bute Scotland4
10Orkney Islands Scotland4
11Norfolk England3
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
13East Riding of Yorkshire England1
14Gwynedd Wales1
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
154 England74 Scotland9 Wales54 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
327
Peak month
September
Counties with records
18
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
277
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Plakobranchidae
Genus
Elysia
Name with authority
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Described
1804

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q178260 · GBIF 5192088