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Sea Hair

Chaetomorpha linum

817Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar23
Apr73
May79
Jun78
Jul312
Aug72
Sep94
Oct19
Nov7
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England213
2Ceredigion Wales56
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland22
4Norfolk England21
5Gwynedd Wales17
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
8Orkney Islands Scotland11
9Pembrokeshire Wales9
10Suffolk England7
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
12Cambridgeshire England5
13Isle of Wight England5
14Portsmouth England4
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
414 England46 Scotland213 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
817
Peak month
July
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Chaetomorpha linum
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
829
Most recorded in
Dorset, Ceredigion
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Cladophorales
Family
Cladophoraceae
Genus
Chaetomorpha
Name with authority
Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müll.) Kütz.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2947555 · GBIF 2644592