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Horseman anemone

Urticina eques

1,088Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb10
Mar47
Apr67
May137
Jun108
Jul160
Aug234
Sep221
Oct44
Nov38
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales25
2Highland Scotland24
3Argyll and Bute Scotland18
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
5Isle of Anglesey Wales7
6Scottish Borders Scotland4
7North Ayrshire Scotland4
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
9Aberdeen City Scotland3
10Essex England2
11Gwynedd Wales2
12Fife Scotland2
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
14Norfolk England1
15Suffolk England1
181 England454 Scotland172 Wales189 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,088
Peak month
August
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Urticina eques
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,004
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Urticina
Name with authority
Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858)
Described
1858
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10711119 · GBIF 4339145