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Sea Lace

Chorda filum

4,500Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,236
Feb2
Mar6
Apr43
May193
Jun436
Jul673
Aug801
Sep926
Oct70
Nov7
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England162
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland107
3Highland Scotland81
4Torbay England48
5Dorset England46
6Gwynedd Wales46
7Argyll and Bute Scotland45
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland39
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland32
10Devon England31
11Orkney Islands Scotland30
12Isle of Anglesey Wales25
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland17
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
15Isles of Scilly England13
2,280 England1,253 Scotland314 Wales469 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,500
Peak month
January
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Chorda filum
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,707
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Laminariales
Family
Chordaceae
Genus
Chorda
Name with authority
Chorda filum (L.) Stackh.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q117405 · GBIF 3195749