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Veined squid

Loligo forbesii

45,144Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
3Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4,444
Feb12,048
Mar2,168
Apr21
May6
Jun11
Jul513
Aug5,523
Sep4,356
Oct4,002
Nov10,329
Dec1,713

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England2
2Cornwall England1
3Torbay England1
119 England32 Scotland113 Wales204 Northern Ireland20 Isle of Man

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
45,144
Peak month
February
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Loligo forbesii
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
763
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Myopsida
Family
Loliginidae
Genus
Loligo
Name with authority
Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856
Described
1856
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1893403 · GBIF 2290407