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Light Bulb Tunicate

Clavelina lepadiformis

7,424Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar49
Apr300
May1,085
Jun1,982
Jul1,893
Aug1,342
Sep561
Oct147
Nov24
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland161
2Pembrokeshire Wales104
3Gwynedd Wales86
4Argyll and Bute Scotland60
5Norfolk England49
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland49
7Isle of Anglesey Wales45
8Cornwall England37
9Devon England35
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland32
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland31
12Dorset England30
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland21
14Kent England16
15Torbay England16
3,024 England1,790 Scotland1,413 Wales745 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,424
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Clavelina lepadiformis
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,592
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Aplousobranchia
Family
Clavelinidae
Genus
Clavelina
Name with authority
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2978646 · GBIF 2330198