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Melosira varians

956Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb0
Mar9
Apr86
May121
Jun19
Jul81
Aug16
Sep392
Oct157
Nov28
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales221
2Carmarthenshire Wales83
3Monmouthshire Wales75
4Pembrokeshire Wales65
5Gwynedd Wales58
6Isle of Anglesey Wales52
7Swansea Wales49
8Denbighshire Wales48
9Oxfordshire England47
10Ceredigion Wales35
11Conwy Wales29
12Wrexham Wales26
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
14Herefordshire, County of England3
15Worcestershire England2
19 England8 Scotland881 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
956
Peak month
September
Counties with records
19
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
905
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Melosirales
Family
Melosiraceae
Genus
Melosira
Name with authority
Melosira varians C.Agardh, 1827
Described
1827
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q49552185 · GBIF 3194090