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Sponge

Tethyspira spinosa

98Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May5
Jun24
Jul21
Aug7
Sep26
Oct8
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales2
2Pembrokeshire Wales2
3Isle of Anglesey Wales1
35 England50 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
98
Peak month
September
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Tethyspira spinosa
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
95
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Bubarida
Family
Dictyonellidae
Genus
Tethyspira
Name with authority
Tethyspira spinosa (Bowerbank, 1874)
Described
1874

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1892664 · GBIF 5183004