When it is recorded
Jan102
Feb28
Mar79
Apr608
May1,298
Jun797
Jul1,082
Aug1,141
Sep1,072
Oct446
Nov94
Dec41
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 106 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 53 | |
| 3 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 45 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 31 | |
| 5 | Torbay | England | 29 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 28 | |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 22 | |
| 8 | Isles of Scilly | England | 16 | |
| 9 | Isle of Wight | England | 15 | |
| 10 | Cornwall | England | 10 | |
| 11 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 12 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 8 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 7 | |
| 14 | Highland | Scotland | 7 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 6 |
4,553 England87 Scotland1,506 Wales318 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 6,816
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 26
- Scientific name
- Dysidea fragilis
- Group
- Sponges
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 6,856
- Most recorded in
- Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Dictyoceratida
- Family
- Dysideidae
- Genus
- Dysidea
- Name with authority
- Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814)
- Described
- 1814
- Contributing datasets
- 39
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3518812 · GBIF 2238397