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Poli's Stellate Barnacle

Chthamalus stellatus

906Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan37
Feb41
Mar33
Apr39
May87
Jun64
Jul52
Aug106
Sep275
Oct57
Nov66
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales198
2Cornwall England113
3Devon England48
4Plymouth England48
5Gwynedd Wales29
6Highland Scotland27
7Orkney Islands Scotland22
8Dorset England18
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
10Argyll and Bute Scotland14
11Swansea Wales11
12Cumbria England8
13Isle of Anglesey Wales6
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
15Carmarthenshire Wales5
361 England115 Scotland350 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
906
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Chthamalus stellatus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
866
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Maxillopoda
Order
Sessilia
Family
Chthamalidae
Genus
Chthamalus
Name with authority
Chthamalus stellatus (Poli, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2967493 · GBIF 2115620