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Sea Hare

Aplysia punctata

1,419Records since 2000
JunePeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb6
Mar38
Apr62
May246
Jun342
Jul326
Aug235
Sep95
Oct32
Nov18
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England35
2Highland Scotland27
3Pembrokeshire Wales25
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
5Devon England12
6Gwynedd Wales10
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
8Torbay England10
9Shetland Islands —9
10Argyll and Bute Scotland8
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
13Dorset England6
14Isle of Anglesey Wales6
15Scottish Borders Scotland5
495 England376 Scotland221 Wales172 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,419
Peak month
June
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Aplysia punctata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,572
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Aplysiida
Family
Aplysiidae
Genus
Aplysia
Name with authority
Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q520464 · GBIF 5191252