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Phosphorescent Sea Pen

Pennatula phosphorea

1,709Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan39
Feb6
Mar137
Apr40
May303
Jun111
Jul91
Aug450
Sep395
Oct75
Nov15
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland32
2Argyll and Bute Scotland5
3Aberdeenshire Scotland2
266 England788 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,709
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Pennatula phosphorea
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,055
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleralcyonacea
Family
Pennatulidae
Genus
Pennatula
Name with authority
Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3899103 · GBIF 2258697