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Where does the Parasitic Anemone live?

Calliactis parasitica has 5,354 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1852 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Parasitic Anemone
Parasitic Anemone — Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaActiniariaHormathiidaeCalliactis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18522026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 2,445
Jersey 961
France 906
Spain 551
Portugal 286
Italy 86
Greece 29
Ireland 19
Croatia 16
Algeria 11
Morocco 8
Netherlands 7
Slovenia 5
Mexico 4
Belgium 3
Germany 3
Albania 2
Saint Barthélemy 2
Cyprus 1
Western Sahara 1
Guernsey 1
India 1
Jordan 1
Malta 1
Panama 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Türkiye 1
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.