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Gas Mantle Ascidian

Corella parallelogramma

1,998Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb37
Mar57
Apr103
May164
Jun181
Jul325
Aug323
Sep452
Oct234
Nov70
Dec39

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland131
2Highland Scotland96
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
4Shetland Islands —6
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
6North Ayrshire Scotland6
7Plymouth England6
8Fife Scotland5
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
10Dorset England3
11Orkney Islands Scotland3
12Cornwall England2
13Gwynedd Wales2
14Pembrokeshire Wales2
15East Lothian Scotland2
205 England1,411 Scotland75 Wales137 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,998
Peak month
September
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Corella parallelogramma
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,817
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Phlebobranchia
Family
Corellidae
Genus
Corella
Name with authority
Corella parallelogramma (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4926119 · GBIF 5200459