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Strawberry Anemone

Actinia fragacea

1,093Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb36
Mar68
Apr179
May168
Jun108
Jul120
Aug176
Sep82
Oct73
Nov34
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England404
2Devon England119
3Plymouth England47
4Dorset England24
5Brighton and Hove England18
6Ceredigion Wales11
7Isle of Wight England11
8Torbay England11
9Pembrokeshire Wales6
10Orkney Islands Scotland6
11North Yorkshire England4
12Gwynedd Wales3
13Highland Scotland2
14Norfolk England1
15Somerset England1
939 England15 Scotland45 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,093
Peak month
April
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Actinia fragacea
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
866
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Actiniaria
Family
Actiniidae
Genus
Actinia
Name with authority
Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856
Described
1856
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2105618 · GBIF 2256565