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Bloodworm

Baltidrilus costatus

1,437Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb2
Mar263
Apr312
May129
Jun159
Jul43
Aug157
Sep107
Oct58
Nov59
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland289
2Devon England141
3Isle of Anglesey Wales89
4Gwynedd Wales78
5Pembrokeshire Wales44
6Suffolk England41
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland36
8Isle of Wight England29
9Cornwall England27
10Highland Scotland21
11Cumbria England15
12East Riding of Yorkshire England13
13Belfast Northern Ireland10
14North Lincolnshire England8
15Kent England6
459 England100 Scotland455 Wales162 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,437
Peak month
April
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Baltidrilus costatus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,188
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Tubificida
Family
Naididae
Genus
Baltidrilus
Name with authority
Baltidrilus costatus (Claparède, 1863)
Described
1863
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61620164 · GBIF 7976038