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Paraleptopentacta elongata

1,814Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan82
Feb157
Mar131
Apr178
May225
Jun271
Jul182
Aug156
Sep171
Oct108
Nov51
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
2Shetland Islands —5
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
4Highland Scotland3
5Argyll and Bute Scotland3
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
7Pembrokeshire Wales1
8Scottish Borders Scotland1
9Plymouth England1
53 England1,154 Scotland32 Wales294 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
1,814
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,546
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Dendrochirotida
Family
Cucumariidae
Genus
Paraleptopentacta
Name with authority
Paraleptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Described
1846
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q113355886 · GBIF 11042722