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Montagu's Stellate Barnacle

Chthamalus montagui

3,299Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb353
Mar160
Apr149
May363
Jun289
Jul293
Aug290
Sep478
Oct260
Nov144
Dec372

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England678
2Cornwall England424
3Pembrokeshire Wales292
4Torbay England170
5Highland Scotland161
6Plymouth England154
7Argyll and Bute Scotland102
8Gwynedd Wales71
9Dorset England56
10North Ayrshire Scotland38
11South Ayrshire Scotland32
12Ceredigion Wales29
13Isle of Anglesey Wales24
14Isles of Scilly England22
15Cumbria England16
2,170 England417 Scotland588 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,299
Peak month
September
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Chthamalus montagui
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,195
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Maxillopoda
Order
Sessilia
Family
Chthamalidae
Genus
Chthamalus
Name with authority
Chthamalus montagui Southward, 1976
Described
1976
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2967492 · GBIF 2115617