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White tit-sponge

Polymastia mamillaris

467Records since 2000
JunePeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb2
Mar10
Apr6
May58
Jun139
Jul71
Aug66
Sep69
Oct4
Nov16
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales17
2Isle of Anglesey Wales6
3Gwynedd Wales3
4Argyll and Bute Scotland1
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
269 England22 Scotland75 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
467
Peak month
June
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Polymastia mamillaris
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
392
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Polymastiida
Family
Polymastiidae
Genus
Polymastia
Name with authority
Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806)
Described
1806
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2594676 · GBIF 2251446