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Calcareous tubeworm

Serpula vermicularis

1,813Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan52
Feb64
Mar63
Apr107
May217
Jun205
Jul259
Aug239
Sep332
Oct161
Nov57
Dec50

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland71
2Argyll and Bute Scotland69
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
4Cornwall England11
5Dorset England6
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
7Devon England2
8Pembrokeshire Wales2
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
11Suffolk England1
12Orkney Islands Scotland1
13Torbay England1
441 England882 Scotland95 Wales143 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,813
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Serpula vermicularis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,686
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Serpula
Name with authority
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1115120 · GBIF 8424445