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Rainbow Wrack

Ericaria selaginoides

878Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb9
Mar36
Apr74
May101
Jun149
Jul121
Aug95
Sep162
Oct89
Nov27
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England118
2Devon England92
3Isles of Scilly England38
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland33
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland27
6Dorset England18
7Swansea Wales17
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
9Highland Scotland13
10Plymouth England13
11Pembrokeshire Wales12
12East Lothian Scotland12
13Fife Scotland11
14North Yorkshire England10
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
158 England6 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
878
Peak month
September
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Ericaria selaginoides
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
684
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Sargassaceae
Genus
Cystoseira
Name with authority
Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry, 2020
Described
2020
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11386169