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Christmas tree worm

Spirobranchus triqueter

11,700Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,166
Feb555
Mar660
Apr405
May996
Jun830
Jul1,257
Aug2,630
Sep1,727
Oct634
Nov355
Dec186

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England91
2Highland Scotland79
3Gwynedd Wales68
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland66
5Pembrokeshire Wales58
6Scottish Borders Scotland35
7Isle of Anglesey Wales35
8Argyll and Bute Scotland27
9Shetland Islands —24
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland24
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland23
12Fife Scotland17
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
15Devon England15
2,627 England2,151 Scotland720 Wales866 Northern Ireland14 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,700
Peak month
August
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Spirobranchus triqueter
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,566
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Spirobranchus
Name with authority
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
71

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2408032 · GBIF 5959026