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Squirrel's Tail Hydroid

Sertularia argentea

1,431Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb3
Mar34
Apr44
May221
Jun233
Jul320
Aug266
Sep144
Oct124
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland38
2Isle of Anglesey Wales30
3Pembrokeshire Wales25
4Scottish Borders Scotland8
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Dorset England5
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
9North Ayrshire Scotland4
10Argyll and Bute Scotland2
11Ceredigion Wales2
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
13Cornwall England1
14East Riding of Yorkshire England1
15Fife Scotland1
430 England172 Scotland446 Wales194 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,431
Peak month
July
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Sertularia argentea
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,280
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Sertulariidae
Genus
Sertularia
Name with authority
Sertularia argentea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146608 · GBIF 5186222