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Leptosynapta bergensis

1,428Records since 2000
JunePeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb39
Mar109
Apr136
May188
Jun252
Jul211
Aug166
Sep90
Oct97
Nov23
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland13
2Devon England1
3Argyll and Bute Scotland1
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
55 England951 Scotland51 Wales62 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

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
1,428
Peak month
June
Counties with records
4
Also known as
a sea cucumber
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,132
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Apodida
Family
Synaptidae
Genus
Leptosynapta
Name with authority
Leptosynapta bergensis (Östergren, 1905)
Described
1905
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1869476 · GBIF 2279519