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Bootlace Worm

Lineus longissimus

772Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb22
Mar35
Apr69
May62
Jun186
Jul94
Aug78
Sep90
Oct54
Nov38
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland31
2Argyll and Bute Scotland25
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland18
4Isle of Anglesey Wales13
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
7Aberdeenshire Scotland6
8Cornwall England5
9Shetland Islands —5
10Isles of Scilly England4
11North Ayrshire Scotland4
12Plymouth England4
13Pembrokeshire Wales3
14East Lothian Scotland3
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
102 England306 Scotland96 Wales79 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
772
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Lineus longissimus
Group
Other invertebrates
NBN Atlas records since 2000
659
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nemertea
Class
Pilidiophora
Order
Heteronemertea
Family
Lineidae
Genus
Lineus
Name with authority
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q134358 · GBIF 2508430