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Fragilaria capucina

2,037Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar45
Apr493
May394
Jun55
Jul48
Aug22
Sep547
Oct323
Nov110
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales416
2Powys Wales416
3Carmarthenshire Wales201
4Ceredigion Wales176
5Pembrokeshire Wales117
6Denbighshire Wales104
7Isle of Anglesey Wales98
8Wrexham Wales68
9Swansea Wales60
10Conwy Wales59
11Monmouthshire Wales48
12Herefordshire, County of England9
13Aberdeenshire Scotland8
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
22 England12 Scotland2,003 Wales

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
2,037
Peak month
September
Counties with records
14
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,890
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Fragilariales
Family
Fragilariaceae
Genus
Fragilaria
Name with authority
Fragilaria capucina Desmazières, 1830
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8101636