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Rosy Feather-star

Antedon bifida

4,848Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan92
Feb86
Mar351
Apr331
May467
Jun471
Jul600
Aug783
Sep865
Oct421
Nov257
Dec106

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland158
2Argyll and Bute Scotland92
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland66
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland60
5Isle of Anglesey Wales25
6Pembrokeshire Wales24
7Scottish Borders Scotland22
8Gwynedd Wales18
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland13
10Isles of Scilly England12
11North Ayrshire Scotland12
12Aberdeenshire Scotland11
13Shetland Islands —9
14Torbay England5
15Devon England4
1,044 England2,076 Scotland413 Wales684 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,848
Peak month
September
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Antedon bifida
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,517
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Crinoidea
Order
Comatulida
Family
Antedonidae
Genus
Antedon
Name with authority
Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q649919 · GBIF 5187721