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Football Ascidian

Diazona violacea

827Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb27
Mar25
Apr71
May94
Jun135
Jul181
Aug109
Sep119
Oct35
Nov23
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland34
2Argyll and Bute Scotland32
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
284 England497 Scotland20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
827
Peak month
July
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Diazona violacea
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
829
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Aplousobranchia
Family
Diazonidae
Genus
Diazona
Name with authority
Diazona violacea Savigny, 1816
Described
1816
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4919222 · GBIF 2330654