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Candy Stripe Flatworm

Prostheceraeus vittatus

1,494Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar13
Apr73
May184
Jun421
Jul449
Aug202
Sep120
Oct19
Nov5
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales36
2Gwynedd Wales13
3Torbay England13
4Dorset England10
5Highland Scotland8
6Argyll and Bute Scotland8
7Isle of Anglesey Wales7
8Devon England6
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
10Cornwall England5
11North Ayrshire Scotland5
12Isle of Wight England4
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
14Kent England1
15Ceredigion Wales1
755 England104 Scotland438 Wales122 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,494
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Prostheceraeus vittatus
Group
Flatworms
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,619
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Family
Euryleptidae
Genus
Prostheceraeus
Name with authority
Prostheceraeus vittatus (Montagu, 1815)
Described
1815
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2348631 · GBIF 4344089