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Sandalled Anemone

Actinothoe sphyrodeta

7,366Records since 2000
JunePeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb23
Mar27
Apr223
May1,087
Jun2,456
Jul878
Aug886
Sep1,488
Oct213
Nov33
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales60
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland55
3Gwynedd Wales25
4Isle of Anglesey Wales24
5Cornwall England16
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
7Argyll and Bute Scotland14
8Highland Scotland11
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
10Devon England6
11Dorset England5
12Isles of Scilly England5
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
14Torbay England3
15North Ayrshire Scotland2
3,989 England399 Scotland878 Wales581 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,366
Peak month
June
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,463
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Sagartiidae
Genus
Actinothoe
Name with authority
Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Gosse, 1858)
Described
1858
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2823631 · GBIF 4283431