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Hymedesmia paupertas

918Records since 2000
MayPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb8
Mar12
Apr35
May212
Jun87
Jul138
Aug138
Sep131
Oct95
Nov13
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland24
2Argyll and Bute Scotland15
3Gwynedd Wales4
4Dorset England3
5Aberdeenshire Scotland3
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
7Pembrokeshire Wales2
8Cornwall England1
9Isle of Anglesey Wales1
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
11Torbay England1
191 England496 Scotland62 Wales123 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
918
Peak month
May
Counties with records
11
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Hymedesmiidae
Genus
Hymedesmia
Name with authority
Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
Described
1866
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2661409 · GBIF 2241316