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Leuconia nivea

221Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar9
Apr13
May20
Jun30
Jul25
Aug37
Sep43
Oct19
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
2Scottish Borders Scotland6
3Torbay England5
4Cornwall England4
5Gwynedd Wales4
6Pembrokeshire Wales4
7Devon England2
8Argyll and Bute Scotland2
9East Riding of Yorkshire England1
10Fife Scotland1
11Isle of Anglesey Wales1
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
13Swansea Wales1
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
15Plymouth England1
91 England16 Scotland28 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
221
Peak month
September
Counties with records
15
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
222
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Calcarea
Order
Baerida
Family
Baeriidae
Genus
Leuconia
Name with authority
Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2978648 · GBIF 5180896