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Squirrel's-tail Hydroid

Sertularia cupressina

1,614Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb3
Mar30
Apr61
May192
Jun362
Jul333
Aug276
Sep189
Oct50
Nov29
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England12
2Pembrokeshire Wales6
3Essex England5
4Cambridgeshire England3
5Kent England2
6Carmarthenshire Wales2
7North Ayrshire Scotland2
8Suffolk England1
9Highland Scotland1
10Scottish Borders Scotland1
11Swansea Wales1
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
463 England61 Scotland126 Wales61 Northern Ireland18 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,614
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Sertularia cupressina
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
777
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Sertulariidae
Genus
Sertularia
Name with authority
Sertularia cupressina Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2676929 · GBIF 5186271