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Fig sponge

Suberites ficus

1,827Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb20
Mar29
Apr123
May189
Jun256
Jul292
Aug358
Sep369
Oct84
Nov31
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland34
2Cornwall England29
3Pembrokeshire Wales18
4Isle of Anglesey Wales16
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland15
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
7Dorset England10
8Gwynedd Wales8
9Torbay England8
10Highland Scotland7
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
12Devon England5
13Shetland Islands —3
14Isles of Scilly England3
15Swansea Wales3
872 England297 Scotland273 Wales160 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,827
Peak month
September
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Suberites ficus
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,740
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Suberitida
Family
Suberitidae
Genus
Suberites
Name with authority
Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2442454 · GBIF 2251188