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Pyura tessellata

1,017Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb79
Mar16
Apr45
May126
Jun104
Jul121
Aug132
Sep154
Oct115
Nov25
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland6
2Cornwall England2
3Argyll and Bute Scotland1
150 England82 Scotland52 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,017
Peak month
September
Counties with records
3
Group
Sea squirts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
318
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Family
Pyuridae
Genus
Pyura
Name with authority
Pyura tessellata (Forbes, 1848)
Described
1848
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4919973 · GBIF 2331816