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Harpoon Weed

Asparagopsis armata

1,543Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan127
Feb17
Mar59
Apr94
May170
Jun219
Jul189
Aug183
Sep292
Oct123
Nov40
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England189
2Devon England108
3Isles of Scilly England53
4Plymouth England34
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland31
6Dorset England29
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
8Highland Scotland18
9East Lothian Scotland14
10Swansea Wales14
11Pembrokeshire Wales13
12Fife Scotland11
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
676 England110 Scotland4 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,543
Peak month
September
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Asparagopsis armata
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,595
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Bonnemaisoniales
Family
Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus
Asparagopsis
Name with authority
Asparagopsis armata Harv.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2866763 · GBIF 5279840