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Capitellid Thread Worm

Heteromastus filiformis

1,059Records since 2000
MayPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan165
Feb12
Mar159
Apr155
May186
Jun157
Jul46
Aug40
Sep36
Oct32
Nov12
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England18
2Devon England13
3Gwynedd Wales12
4Thurrock England3
5Suffolk England1
6Kent England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
8Carmarthenshire Wales1
9Medway England1
10Plymouth England1
176 England35 Scotland137 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,059
Peak month
May
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Heteromastus filiformis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
400
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Capitellidae
Genus
Heteromastus
Name with authority
Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Described
1864
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2501429 · GBIF 5197090