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Parasitic Anemone

Calliactis parasitica

1,700Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb8
Mar63
Apr35
May54
Jun188
Jul1,136
Aug39
Sep71
Oct15
Nov7
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England37
2Cornwall England8
3Devon England6
4Dorset England2
5Plymouth England2
6Pembrokeshire Wales1
356 England3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,700
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Calliactis parasitica
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,413
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Hormathiidae
Genus
Calliactis
Name with authority
Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q441156 · GBIF 2257373