Species Detail - Wireweed (Sargassum muticum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

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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Sargassum muticum
Wireweed
NHMSYS0021058667 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
samut
(Yendo) Fensholt, 1955
Chromist
Species
234
89
43
09/03/2019
20/04/2025
5 January (recorded in 2021)
31 December (recorded in 1973)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Wireweed (Sargassum muticum), accessed 11 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/291198>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)