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Sand Burrowing Brittle Star

Acrocnida brachiata

1,808Records since 2000
JunePeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb36
Mar260
Apr199
May243
Jun584
Jul171
Aug66
Sep112
Oct45
Nov27
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England11
2Pembrokeshire Wales9
3Highland Scotland2
4Cornwall England2
5Scottish Borders Scotland2
6Plymouth England2
7Kent England1
8Conwy Wales1
192 England105 Scotland228 Wales89 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,808
Peak month
June
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Acrocnida brachiata
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
628
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Amphilepidida
Family
Amphiuridae
Genus
Acrocnida
Name with authority
Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q481986 · GBIF 2278086