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Rhoicosphenia abbreviata

2,005Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb0
Mar23
Apr376
May331
Jun58
Jul89
Aug34
Sep626
Oct358
Nov92
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales405
2Monmouthshire Wales195
3Pembrokeshire Wales159
4Isle of Anglesey Wales152
5Carmarthenshire Wales135
6Denbighshire Wales133
7Wrexham Wales121
8Gwynedd Wales95
9Swansea Wales71
10Ceredigion Wales43
11Conwy Wales25
12Oxfordshire England14
13Herefordshire, County of England5
14Worcestershire England4
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
34 England3 Scotland1,950 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,005
Peak month
September
Counties with records
17
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,988
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Cymbellales
Family
Rhoicospheniaceae
Genus
Rhoicosphenia
Name with authority
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bertalot, 1980
Described
1980
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8000477