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Stout Bobtail

Rossia macrosoma

728Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb103
Mar124
Apr29
May2
Jun10
Jul36
Aug182
Sep117
Oct7
Nov66
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland5
2Highland Scotland2
3Aberdeenshire Scotland2
19 Scotland7 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
728
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Rossia macrosoma
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Sepiida
Family
Sepiolidae
Genus
Rossia
Name with authority
Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2278192 · GBIF 5189578