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Orange lights seasquirt

Pycnoclavella aurilucens

527Records since 2000
JunePeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr23
May85
Jun127
Jul117
Aug89
Sep64
Oct16
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales22
2Isle of Anglesey Wales4
3Gwynedd Wales1
4Isles of Scilly England1
284 England2 Scotland220 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
527
Peak month
June
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Pycnoclavella aurilucens
Also known as
Sea squirt
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
621
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Aplousobranchia
Family
Clavelinidae
Genus
Pycnoclavella
Name with authority
Pycnoclavella aurilucens Garstang, 1891
Described
1891
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4915045 · GBIF 2331186