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Fine feather-hydroid

Kirchenpaueria pinnata

1,146Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar23
Apr44
May166
Jun207
Jul287
Aug195
Sep149
Oct36
Nov14
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland31
2Isle of Anglesey Wales8
3Dorset England7
4Argyll and Bute Scotland6
5Fife Scotland6
6Scottish Borders Scotland5
7Shetland Islands —4
8Ceredigion Wales4
9Gwynedd Wales3
10Pembrokeshire Wales3
11Norfolk England2
12Essex England2
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
14Cornwall England1
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
275 England448 Scotland95 Wales135 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,146
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,023
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Kirchenpaueriidae
Genus
Kirchenpaueria
Name with authority
Kirchenpaueria pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2459890 · GBIF 5185835