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Fleshy horny sponge

Suberites carnosus

1,286Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb1
Mar29
Apr61
May171
Jun204
Jul251
Aug268
Sep217
Oct42
Nov22
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland21
2Highland Scotland19
3Gwynedd Wales9
4Pembrokeshire Wales6
5Isle of Anglesey Wales5
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
8Dorset England2
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
11Devon England1
12Isles of Scilly England1
13Brighton and Hove England1
14Torbay England1
470 England262 Scotland265 Wales216 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,286
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Suberites carnosus
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,315
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Suberitida
Family
Suberitidae
Genus
Suberites
Name with authority
Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842)
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3023825 · GBIF 2251158