When it is recorded
Jan55
Feb42
Mar44
Apr60
May42
Jun48
Jul103
Aug128
Sep101
Oct68
Nov27
Dec14
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 30 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 25 | |
| 3 | Shetland Islands | — | 6 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 3 | |
| 5 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 2 | |
| 6 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 2 | |
| 7 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 1 | |
| 8 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 1 |
9 England516 Scotland1 Wales109 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
- 733
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 8
- Scientific name
- Solaster endeca
- Also known as
- purple sunstar
- Group
- Starfish and sea urchins
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 647
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Solasteridae
- Genus
- Solaster
- Name with authority
- Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Described
- 1771
- Contributing datasets
- 22
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2464524 · GBIF 2270945