When it is recorded
Jan42
Feb49
Mar118
Apr192
May199
Jun270
Jul247
Aug251
Sep335
Oct173
Nov79
Dec25
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 244 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 143 | |
| 3 | Plymouth | England | 112 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 85 | |
| 5 | Isles of Scilly | England | 51 | |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 43 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 39 | |
| 8 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 28 | |
| 9 | Swansea | Wales | 19 | |
| 10 | Highland | Scotland | 18 | |
| 11 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 18 | |
| 12 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 17 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 15 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 12 | |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 11 |
884 England49 Scotland102 Wales182 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,995
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 39
- Scientific name
- Asterina gibbosa
- Group
- Starfish and sea urchins
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,871
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Ards and North Down, Isles of Scilly
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Asterinidae
- Genus
- Asterina
- Name with authority
- Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
- Described
- 1777
- Contributing datasets
- 47
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2513886 · GBIF 2272109