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Gem anemone

Bunodactis verrucosa

508Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb22
Mar28
Apr28
May56
Jun40
Jul69
Aug47
Sep135
Oct30
Nov20
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England91
2Devon England69
3Pembrokeshire Wales64
4Isles of Scilly England30
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
6Gwynedd Wales7
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
9Argyll and Bute Scotland3
10Isle of Anglesey Wales2
11Dorset England1
12Shetland Islands —1
308 England20 Scotland83 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
508
Peak month
September
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Bunodactis verrucosa
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon, Pembrokeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Bunodactis
Name with authority
Bunodactis verrucosa (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q105885521 · GBIF 4283460