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Heart urchin

Brissopsis lyrifera

754Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan98
Feb22
Mar52
Apr30
May49
Jun61
Jul43
Aug196
Sep30
Oct79
Nov57
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
3Fife Scotland1
4Aberdeenshire Scotland1
21 England277 Scotland8 Wales121 Northern Ireland10 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
754
Peak month
August
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Brissopsis lyrifera
Also known as
Spiny mudlark
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
456
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
Spatangoida
Family
Brissidae
Genus
Brissopsis
Name with authority
Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841)
Described
1841
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2925662 · GBIF 2278982