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Hairy Spiny Doris

Acanthodoris pilosa

1,006Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb8
Mar35
Apr40
May102
Jun188
Jul221
Aug221
Sep125
Oct21
Nov6
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales11
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland10
3Highland Scotland9
4Pembrokeshire Wales8
5Argyll and Bute Scotland6
6Perth and Kinross Scotland6
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
8Norfolk England4
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
10Scottish Borders Scotland3
11Orkney Islands Scotland3
12Cambridgeshire England2
13Swansea Wales2
14Dorset England1
15Devon England1
421 England127 Scotland124 Wales135 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
1,006
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Acanthodoris pilosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
853
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Onchidorididae
Genus
Acanthodoris
Name with authority
Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q624354 · GBIF 2292107