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Red Dead Men's Fingers

Alcyonium glomeratum

1,352Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb9
Mar28
Apr88
May248
Jun195
Jul278
Aug170
Sep199
Oct58
Nov16
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales5
2Highland Scotland4
3Isles of Scilly England4
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
5Cornwall England1
6Argyll and Bute Scotland1
7Isle of Anglesey Wales1
1,196 England123 Scotland17 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,352
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Alcyonium glomeratum
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,581
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Alcyoniidae
Genus
Alcyonium
Name with authority
Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassall, 1843)
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q264445 · GBIF 5185138