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Bristleworm

Scoloplos armiger

13,819Records since 2000
JunePeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan393
Feb718
Mar1,462
Apr1,319
May2,009
Jun2,179
Jul1,565
Aug1,215
Sep1,312
Oct533
Nov393
Dec165

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Wight England50
2Cornwall England43
3Dorset England33
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland32
5Highland Scotland31
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland27
7Shetland Islands —25
8Orkney Islands Scotland24
9Suffolk England23
10Essex England15
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
13Cumbria England10
14Isle of Anglesey Wales10
15Pembrokeshire Wales7
1,152 England3,650 Scotland902 Wales809 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,819
Peak month
June
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Scoloplos armiger
Group
Worms (annelids)
Most recorded in
Isle of Wight
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Orbiniidae
Genus
Scoloplos
Name with authority
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
55

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2176593 · GBIF 2319789