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Sea Gherkin

Pawsonia saxicola

1,512Records since 2000
MayPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb19
Mar43
Apr177
May337
Jun292
Jul257
Aug194
Sep130
Oct50
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland54
2Highland Scotland43
3Pembrokeshire Wales38
4Cornwall England12
5Torbay England11
6Isles of Scilly England10
7Devon England8
8Argyll and Bute Scotland8
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
11Plymouth England7
12Gwynedd Wales4
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
14Shetland Islands —2
15Isle of Anglesey Wales2
616 England289 Scotland346 Wales176 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,512
Peak month
May
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Pawsonia saxicola
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,562
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Holothuroidea
Order
Dendrochirotida
Family
Cucumariidae
Genus
Pawsonia
Name with authority
Pawsonia saxicola (Brady & Robertson, 1871)
Described
1871
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2225950 · GBIF 4342524