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Hairy sea-squirt

Ascidiella scabra

1,872Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb27
Mar151
Apr53
May84
Jun184
Jul274
Aug406
Sep485
Oct126
Nov20
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland40
2Gwynedd Wales36
3Highland Scotland33
4Pembrokeshire Wales25
5Argyll and Bute Scotland21
6Dorset England15
7Essex England14
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland12
9Suffolk England10
10Isles of Scilly England8
11Devon England6
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
14Plymouth England6
15Aberdeenshire Scotland5
302 England358 Scotland218 Wales206 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,872
Peak month
September
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Ascidiella scabra
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,157
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Phlebobranchia
Family
Ascidiidae
Genus
Ascidiella
Name with authority
Ascidiella scabra (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13654359 · GBIF 5200468