When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb22
Mar21
Apr17
May72
Jun112
Jul112
Aug73
Sep118
Oct103
Nov23
Dec24
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 24 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 17 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 6 | |
| 4 | Dorset | England | 3 | |
| 5 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 1 |
136 England339 Scotland83 Wales15 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 704
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 5
- Also known as
- a sea squirt
- Group
- Sea squirts
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 627
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Stolidobranchia
- Family
- Pyuridae
- Genus
- Pyura
- Name with authority
- Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816)
- Described
- 1816
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4915330 · GBIF 2331802