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Snakelocks Anemone

Anemonia viridis

6,676Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
42Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan508
Feb107
Mar203
Apr530
May853
Jun878
Jul913
Aug888
Sep1,061
Oct399
Nov176
Dec118

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England752
2Devon England269
3Torbay England171
4Dorset England136
5Pembrokeshire Wales97
6Plymouth England91
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland84
8Gwynedd Wales74
9Highland Scotland69
10Isles of Scilly England68
11Argyll and Bute Scotland46
12Swansea Wales38
13Isle of Anglesey Wales35
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland33
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland31
4,315 England455 Scotland764 Wales218 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,676
Peak month
September
Counties with records
42
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anemonia viridis
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,881
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Anemonia
Name with authority
Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1192992 · GBIF 2256644