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Flesh sponge

Haliclona viscosa

1,955Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb11
Mar28
Apr87
May306
Jun315
Jul410
Aug304
Sep304
Oct106
Nov38
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales22
2Highland Scotland20
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
4Argyll and Bute Scotland10
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
6Dorset England4
7Isle of Anglesey Wales4
8Isles of Scilly England4
9Aberdeenshire Scotland3
10Shetland Islands —2
11Scottish Borders Scotland2
12Orkney Islands Scotland2
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
14Suffolk England1
15Cornwall England1
1,181 England238 Scotland243 Wales211 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
1,955
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Haliclona viscosa
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Haplosclerida
Family
Chalinidae
Genus
Haliclona
Name with authority
Haliclona viscosa (Topsent, 1888)
Described
1888
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3283418 · GBIF 5181988