This map provides a quick look at the UK distribution of 6 of the most common and charismatic anemones we get in rockpools in the UK. The species chosen are below and correspond to our species focus blog posts, but are also the 6 most common found in the UK. You can toggle them on and off using the checkboxes on the right.

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Photo Common Name Latin Name
Atlantic Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina
snakelocks anemone Anemonia viridis
Strawberry Anemone Actinia fragacea
Gem Anemone Bunodactis verrucosa
Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina
Daisy Anemone Cereus pedunculatus

This is their geographic spread across the UK using all verified observations from iNaturalist for each species.

Toggle specific species on and off using check boxes.

Why only iNaturalist data? Though the National Biodiversity Newtwork (NBN) has records going back further, anemones are one of the most often recorded and verified marine groups on iNat. As such, we feel the iNaturalist data gives sufficient coverage of species over the UK to use solely for this.

Please note, numbers of observations of each species will increase from date of publication.