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Bristleworm

Aphelochaeta marioni

3,459Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan39
Feb160
Mar413
Apr476
May601
Jun673
Jul334
Aug197
Sep365
Oct92
Nov63
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England83
2Essex England55
3Isle of Wight England37
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland27
5Cornwall England23
6Highland Scotland9
7Devon England8
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
9Portsmouth England4
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
11Lincolnshire England3
12Pembrokeshire Wales3
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
14Medway England2
15Plymouth England1
432 England436 Scotland269 Wales502 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,459
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Aphelochaeta marioni
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,673
Most recorded in
Suffolk, Essex
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Cirratulidae
Genus
Aphelochaeta
Name with authority
Aphelochaeta marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
Described
1894
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3484271 · GBIF 2323931