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Alitta virens

293Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb3
Mar44
Apr51
May11
Jun25
Jul13
Aug55
Sep39
Oct14
Nov5
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales24
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
3Highland Scotland16
4Pembrokeshire Wales15
5Suffolk England11
6Isle of Wight England5
7Belfast Northern Ireland4
8Dorset England3
9Argyll and Bute Scotland3
10Gwynedd Wales2
11Angus Scotland2
12Redcar and Cleveland England2
13Plymouth England2
14Devon England1
15Fife Scotland1
21 England22 Scotland58 Wales93 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
293
Peak month
August
Counties with records
16
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
210
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Nereididae
Genus
Alitta
Name with authority
Alitta virens (M.Sars, 1835)
Described
1835

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q798514 · GBIF 2315395