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Bristleworm

Cirratulus cirratus

1,111Records since 2000
MayPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb73
Mar85
Apr96
May174
Jun123
Jul162
Aug71
Sep107
Oct73
Nov27
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England14
2Gwynedd Wales5
3Argyll and Bute Scotland4
4Highland Scotland3
5Ceredigion Wales3
6Orkney Islands Scotland3
7Suffolk England2
8Devon England2
9East Lothian Scotland2
10Norfolk England1
11East Riding of Yorkshire England1
12Essex England1
13Pembrokeshire Wales1
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
15Plymouth England1
83 England594 Scotland23 Wales115 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
1,111
Peak month
May
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Cirratulus cirratus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
847
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Cirratulidae
Genus
Cirratulus
Name with authority
Cirratulus cirratus (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2195969 · GBIF 2324046