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Rough scallop sponge

Myxilla incrustans

1,352Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb14
Mar22
Apr45
May143
Jun177
Jul335
Aug253
Sep192
Oct96
Nov38
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland24
2Highland Scotland23
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland18
4Pembrokeshire Wales15
5Scottish Borders Scotland14
6Orkney Islands Scotland12
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
8Aberdeenshire Scotland6
9Shetland Islands —5
10Isle of Anglesey Wales5
11Gwynedd Wales4
12Swansea Wales4
13Sefton England2
14Torbay England2
15Norfolk England1
339 England592 Scotland159 Wales169 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,352
Peak month
July
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Myxilla incrustans
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Myxillidae
Genus
Myxilla
Name with authority
Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9816436