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Phorbas plumosus

201Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May40
Jun14
Jul34
Aug31
Sep44
Oct18
Nov4
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England7
2Gwynedd Wales1
3Isle of Anglesey Wales1
4Isles of Scilly England1
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
6Brighton and Hove England1
182 England10 Wales8 Northern Ireland

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
201
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
247
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Hymedesmiidae
Genus
Phorbas
Name with authority
Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814)
Described
1814

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2069153 · GBIF 5181183