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Sea Beard

Nemertesia antennina

14,037Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan583
Feb187
Mar106
Apr564
May1,455
Jun3,262
Jul3,176
Aug2,172
Sep1,397
Oct422
Nov361
Dec262

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales101
2Highland Scotland60
3Isle of Anglesey Wales46
4Gwynedd Wales40
5Argyll and Bute Scotland37
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland33
7Norfolk England22
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
9Torbay England7
10Conwy Wales5
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
12Plymouth England5
13Orkney Islands Scotland4
14Isles of Scilly England4
15Kent England3
6,391 England1,638 Scotland2,187 Wales749 Northern Ireland5 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,037
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Nemertesia antennina
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,864
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Plumulariidae
Genus
Nemertesia
Name with authority
Nemertesia antennina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2017894 · GBIF 2266891