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Bristleworm

Spio filicornis

2,323Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb17
Mar124
Apr70
May156
Jun349
Jul626
Aug447
Sep199
Oct66
Nov54
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales15
2Highland Scotland6
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
4Devon England1
5Shetland Islands —1
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
3 England112 Scotland78 Wales148 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,323
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Spio filicornis
Group
Worms (annelids)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Spio
Name with authority
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2341152 · GBIF 5197861