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Red seaweed

Gracilaria bursa-pastoris

103Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr3
May11
Jun13
Jul36
Aug16
Sep14
Oct7
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England27
2Cornwall England2
3Devon England2
4Brighton and Hove England1
92 England1 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
103
Peak month
July
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
107
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gracilariales
Family
Gracilariaceae
Genus
Gracilaria
Name with authority
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1952
Described
1952

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q16034678 · GBIF 5278945