Species Detail - Star Ascidian (Botryllus schlosseri) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Botryllus schlosseri
Star Ascidian
NBNSYS0000174175 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
bosch
(Pallas, 1766)
Tunicate (Urochordata)
Species
7
6
5
25/09/1998
31/10/2017
1 January (recorded in 1985)
26 December (recorded in 2023)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Star Ascidian (Botryllus schlosseri), accessed 20 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/134319

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)