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Goose Foot Starfish

Anseropoda placenta

870Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb147
Mar200
Apr41
May45
Jun65
Jul65
Aug77
Sep65
Oct35
Nov22
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
2Belfast Northern Ireland3
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
4Highland Scotland1
5Argyll and Bute Scotland1
77 England71 Scotland8 Wales256 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
870
Peak month
March
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Anseropoda placenta
Also known as
a goosefoot starfish
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
453
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Valvatida
Family
Anseropodidae
Genus
Anseropoda
Name with authority
Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2515840 · GBIF 2272185