When it is recorded
Jan19
Feb27
Mar169
Apr37
May126
Jun163
Jul64
Aug199
Sep258
Oct6
Nov19
Dec9
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | England | 8 | |
| 2 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 1 |
147 England62 Scotland6 Wales4 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,188
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 2
- Scientific name
- Spatangus purpureus
- Group
- Starfish and sea urchins
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 284
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Spatangoida
- Family
- Spatangidae
- Genus
- Spatangus
- Name with authority
- Spatangus purpureus O.F.Müller, 1776
- Described
- 1776
- Contributing datasets
- 31
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3018140 · GBIF 5188151