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Snailfur

Hydractinia echinata

1,303Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb44
Mar53
Apr56
May64
Jun129
Jul100
Aug243
Sep329
Oct132
Nov69
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland62
2Highland Scotland24
3Torbay England17
4Cornwall England8
5Sefton England7
6Orkney Islands Scotland6
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
8Pembrokeshire Wales4
9Shetland Islands —3
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
11Devon England2
12Cumbria England2
13East Lothian Scotland2
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
15Norfolk England1
300 England613 Scotland74 Wales52 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,303
Peak month
September
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Hydractinia echinata
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,073
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Family
Hydractiniidae
Genus
Hydractinia
Name with authority
Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Described
1828
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2325693 · GBIF 2265871