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Pink Sea Fan

Eunicella verrucosa

4,164Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan226
Feb74
Mar78
Apr226
May575
Jun654
Jul791
Aug643
Sep645
Oct186
Nov44
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales52
2Plymouth England13
3Dorset England9
4Devon England7
5Cornwall England4
6Torbay England2
7Isles of Scilly England1
3,930 England230 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,164
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Eunicella verrucosa
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,561
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Eunicellidae
Genus
Eunicella
Name with authority
Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q301518 · GBIF 2263967