When it is recorded
Jan11
Feb13
Mar21
Apr84
May267
Jun822
Jul1,136
Aug663
Sep208
Oct50
Nov76
Dec28
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 176 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 83 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 41 | |
| 4 | Sefton | England | 36 | |
| 5 | Gwynedd | Wales | 34 | |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 32 | |
| 7 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 30 | |
| 8 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 28 | |
| 9 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 25 | |
| 10 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 22 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 20 | |
| 12 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 13 | |
| 13 | Swansea | Wales | 11 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 10 | |
| 15 | Kent | England | 9 |
426 England1,070 Scotland269 Wales202 Northern Ireland6 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,390
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 50
- Scientific name
- Aurelia aurita
- Group
- Jellyfish, corals and anemones
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,963
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Argyll and Bute
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Semaeostomeae
- Family
- Ulmaridae
- Genus
- Aurelia
- Name with authority
- Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 50
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26864 · GBIF 2264442