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Potato Chip Bryozoan

Pentapora foliacea

5,336Records since 2000
MayPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan235
Feb71
Mar120
Apr230
May1,191
Jun758
Jul939
Aug670
Sep602
Oct196
Nov248
Dec66

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales46
2Isles of Scilly England4
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
4Torbay England3
5Dorset England2
6Cornwall England2
7Gwynedd Wales2
8Devon England1
4,220 England58 Scotland974 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,336
Peak month
May
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Pentapora foliacea
Group
Bryozoans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,591
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Family
Bitectiporidae
Genus
Pentapora
Name with authority
Pentapora foliacea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Described
1786
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q24758663 · GBIF 1009309