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Grey sea slug

Aeolidia papillosa

231Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb4
Mar21
Apr28
May37
Jun30
Jul23
Aug34
Sep25
Oct14
Nov2
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
2Highland Scotland5
3Swansea Wales4
4Norfolk England3
5Cornwall England2
6Gwynedd Wales2
7Aberdeenshire Scotland2
8Scottish Borders Scotland2
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10North Ayrshire Scotland2
11Devon England1
12Argyll and Bute Scotland1
13Shetland Islands —1
14Fife Scotland1
15Perth and Kinross Scotland1
89 England58 Scotland30 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
231
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Aeolidia papillosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
140
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Aeolidiidae
Genus
Aeolidia
Name with authority
Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q174694 · GBIF 2291938