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Yellow skirt slug

Okenia elegans

143Records since 2000
JunePeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May11
Jun58
Jul36
Aug30
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England6
2Highland Scotland3
3Argyll and Bute Scotland3
4Pembrokeshire Wales2
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
6Dorset England1
7Orkney Islands Scotland1
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
43 England29 Scotland25 Wales37 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
143
Peak month
June
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Okenia elegans
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
130
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Goniodorididae
Genus
Okenia
Name with authority
Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)
Described
1828

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3199660 · GBIF 5190081