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Polycarpa pomaria

1,094Records since 2000
JunePeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb11
Mar31
Apr63
May102
Jun224
Jul165
Aug127
Sep166
Oct129
Nov27
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland21
2Highland Scotland17
3Essex England13
4Pembrokeshire Wales2
5Shetland Islands —2
6Plymouth England2
7Suffolk England1
8Dorset England1
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
220 England193 Scotland147 Wales116 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
1,094
Peak month
June
Counties with records
10
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
684
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Styelidae
Genus
Polycarpa
Name with authority
Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
Described
1816
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4924301 · GBIF 5200849