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Small pitcher horny sponge

Haliclona urceolus

593Records since 2000
MayPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb18
Mar16
Apr37
May130
Jun105
Jul70
Aug114
Sep56
Oct14
Nov15
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland27
2Highland Scotland14
3Pembrokeshire Wales9
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
5Aberdeenshire Scotland2
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
24 England289 Scotland85 Wales147 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
593
Peak month
May
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Haliclona urceolus
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Haplosclerida
Family
Chalinidae
Genus
Haliclona
Name with authority
Haliclona urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806)
Described
1806
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1987352 · GBIF 5182309