When it is recorded
Jan10
Feb1
Mar5
Apr20
May37
Jun35
Jul54
Aug30
Sep35
Oct18
Nov1
Dec5
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 8 | |
| 2 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| 3 | Dorset | England | 2 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 2 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 1 | |
| 6 | Gwynedd | Wales | 1 | |
| 7 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 1 | |
| 8 | Isles of Scilly | England | 1 | |
| 9 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 1 | |
| 10 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 1 |
96 England15 Scotland93 Wales33 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 255
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 10
- Group
- Sponges
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 244
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Poecilosclerida
- Family
- Hymedesmiidae
- Genus
- Phorbas
- Name with authority
- Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Described
- 1866
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2646708 · GBIF 5181131