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Sycon elegans

59Records since 2000
JunePeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May12
Jun19
Jul7
Aug15
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Brighton and Hove England3
2Dorset England2
3Isle of Wight England1
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
21 England3 Scotland4 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
59
Peak month
June
Counties with records
4
Group
Sponges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Calcarea
Order
Leucosolenida
Family
Syconidae
Genus
Sycon
Name with authority
Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
Described
1845

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2491316 · GBIF 2237786