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Haliclona simulans

396Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar7
Apr16
May53
Jun67
Jul52
Aug65
Sep76
Oct47
Nov4
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England8
2Dorset England3
3Swansea Wales2
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
5Cornwall England1
6Gwynedd Wales1
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
314 England1 Scotland69 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
396
Peak month
September
Counties with records
7
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Haplosclerida
Family
Chalinidae
Genus
Haliclona
Name with authority
Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842)
Described
1842

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3454882 · GBIF 5182084