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Biocular leech

Helobdella stagnalis

606Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar57
Apr101
May67
Jun28
Jul64
Aug26
Sep124
Oct68
Nov43
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales76
2Powys Wales64
3Isle of Anglesey Wales56
4Conwy Wales27
5Worcestershire England22
6Carmarthenshire Wales22
7Ceredigion Wales16
8Pembrokeshire Wales15
9Somerset England14
10Devon England13
11Denbighshire Wales13
12Monmouthshire Wales12
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
14Suffolk England10
15Aberdeenshire Scotland10
129 England91 Scotland360 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
606
Peak month
September
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Helobdella stagnalis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
685
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Powys, Isle of Anglesey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Rhynchobdellida
Family
Glossiphoniidae
Genus
Helobdella
Name with authority
Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5131900 · GBIF 2307936