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Sponge

Dysidea pallescens

96Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun6
Jul22
Aug24
Sep23
Oct13
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England1
2Dorset England1
3Cornwall England1
92 England3 Wales1 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
96
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Dysidea pallescens
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
96
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dictyoceratida
Family
Dysideidae
Genus
Dysidea
Name with authority
Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862)
Described
1862

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3179721 · GBIF 2238486