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North atlantic cup sponge

Axinella infundibuliformis

1,794Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb9
Mar17
Apr75
May269
Jun454
Jul187
Aug316
Sep320
Oct60
Nov11
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland29
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
3Pembrokeshire Wales11
4Highland Scotland8
5Isle of Anglesey Wales5
6Isles of Scilly England4
7Gwynedd Wales3
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
293 England593 Scotland199 Wales342 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,794
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Axinella infundibuliformis
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,469
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Axinellidae
Genus
Axinella
Name with authority
Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2098400 · GBIF 5183178