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Volcano Barnacle

Perforatus perforatus

1,653Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb52
Mar92
Apr122
May147
Jun211
Jul197
Aug131
Sep321
Oct147
Nov59
Dec68

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England205
2Devon England176
3Pembrokeshire Wales90
4Plymouth England68
5Torbay England46
6Isles of Scilly England36
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland29
9Swansea Wales27
10Dorset England20
11Highland Scotland16
12East Lothian Scotland13
13Fife Scotland11
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
15East Riding of Yorkshire England9
623 England23 Scotland175 Wales

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
1,653
Peak month
September
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Perforatus perforatus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,575
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Maxillopoda
Order
Sessilia
Family
Balanidae
Genus
Perforatus
Name with authority
Perforatus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14077701 · GBIF 9802456