When it is recorded
Jan16
Feb15
Mar56
Apr171
May382
Jun586
Jul721
Aug727
Sep840
Oct218
Nov80
Dec30
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 81 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 49 | |
| 3 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 39 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 36 | |
| 5 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 22 | |
| 6 | Torbay | England | 22 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 21 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 21 | |
| 9 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 21 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 18 | |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 14 | |
| 12 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 14 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 11 | |
| 14 | Shetland Islands | — | 11 | |
| 15 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 11 |
1,536 England1,275 Scotland402 Wales347 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,848
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 32
- Scientific name
- Obelia geniculata
- Group
- Jellyfish, corals and anemones
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,262
- Most recorded in
- Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Leptothecata
- Family
- Campanulariidae
- Genus
- Obelia
- Name with authority
- Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 42
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2193857 · GBIF 2268160