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Sea lemon

Tethya citrina

2,204Records since 2000
MayPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb16
Mar31
Apr149
May419
Jun405
Jul409
Aug259
Sep326
Oct126
Nov21
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales22
2Gwynedd Wales18
3Isle of Anglesey Wales16
4Torbay England12
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
6Argyll and Bute Scotland7
7Cornwall England6
8Dorset England4
9Devon England3
10Isles of Scilly England3
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
12Conwy Wales1
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
1,264 England33 Scotland658 Wales193 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,204
Peak month
May
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Tethya citrina
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,497
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tethyida
Family
Tethyidae
Genus
Tethya
Name with authority
Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
Described
1965
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2396275 · GBIF 5183435