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European common squid

Alloteuthis subulata

23,430Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
6Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4,281
Feb8,189
Mar2,884
Apr242
May11
Jun126
Jul1,040
Aug2,331
Sep1,377
Oct1,644
Nov1,042
Dec135

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England4
2Norfolk England1
3Dorset England1
4East Riding of Yorkshire England1
5Pembrokeshire Wales1
6Aberdeenshire Scotland1
230 England25 Scotland145 Wales317 Northern Ireland23 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
23,430
Peak month
February
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Alloteuthis subulata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,120
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Myopsida
Family
Loliginidae
Genus
Alloteuthis
Name with authority
Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798)
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13429093 · GBIF 2290388