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Membranipora membranacea

5,479Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb67
Mar116
Apr253
May517
Jun682
Jul938
Aug1,156
Sep1,194
Oct350
Nov94
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland88
2Cornwall England87
3Pembrokeshire Wales87
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland66
5Gwynedd Wales53
6Devon England50
7Argyll and Bute Scotland50
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland42
9Isle of Anglesey Wales36
10Torbay England35
11Shetland Islands —25
12Isles of Scilly England21
13North Ayrshire Scotland21
14Scottish Borders Scotland20
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland20
2,203 England1,628 Scotland841 Wales413 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,479
Peak month
September
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Membranipora membranacea
Group
Bryozoans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,887
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Family
Membraniporidae
Genus
Membranipora
Name with authority
Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2906141 · GBIF 1007770