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Lesser Gooseberry Sea Squirt

Distomus variolosus

511Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar17
Apr23
May90
Jun85
Jul77
Aug85
Sep101
Oct19
Nov2
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England12
2Torbay England8
3Isles of Scilly England6
4Gwynedd Wales3
5Dorset England2
6Devon England2
7Isle of Anglesey Wales2
8Highland Scotland1
9Pembrokeshire Wales1
10Plymouth England1
340 England3 Scotland111 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
511
Peak month
September
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Distomus variolosus
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
472
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Styelidae
Genus
Distomus
Name with authority
Distomus variolosus Gaertner, 1774
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6459711 · GBIF 5200891