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Iophon nigricans

300Records since 2000
MayPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr3
May68
Jun54
Jul29
Aug62
Sep51
Oct16
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2
2Argyll and Bute Scotland2
3Pembrokeshire Wales1
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
47 England109 Scotland22 Wales97 Northern Ireland

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
300
Peak month
May
Counties with records
4
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
274
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Acarnidae
Genus
Iophon
Name with authority
Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
Described
1858

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3454823 · GBIF 5181461