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Jewel Anemone

Corynactis viridis

5,851Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan149
Feb44
Mar78
Apr301
May1,327
Jun860
Jul1,098
Aug771
Sep575
Oct213
Nov242
Dec175

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland44
2Pembrokeshire Wales35
3Torbay England34
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland30
5Cornwall England19
6Isles of Scilly England19
7Gwynedd Wales15
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
9Devon England11
10Shetland Islands —10
11Plymouth England8
12Argyll and Bute Scotland4
13Isle of Anglesey Wales3
14Dorset England2
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
4,078 England832 Scotland518 Wales228 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,851
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Corynactis viridis
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,570
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Corallimorpharia
Family
Corallimorphidae
Genus
Corynactis
Name with authority
Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846
Described
1846
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2857917 · GBIF 2260700