When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb5
Mar22
Apr63
May81
Jun83
Jul83
Aug122
Sep90
Oct43
Nov19
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 73 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 27 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 12 | |
| 4 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 10 | |
| 5 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 7 | |
| 6 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 4 | |
| 7 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 3 | |
| 8 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 2 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 2 | |
| 11 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 2 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 2 | |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2 | |
| 14 | Suffolk | England | 1 | |
| 15 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 1 |
238 Scotland10 Wales283 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 619
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 16
- Group
- Starfish and sea urchins
- Most recorded in
- Ards and North Down
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Forcipulatida
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Genus
- Leptasterias
- Name with authority
- Leptasterias muelleri (M.Sars, 1846)
- Described
- 1846
- Contributing datasets
- 31
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2407614 · GBIF 2273912