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Comb-toothed Nereid

Platynereis dumerilii

1,539Records since 2000
MayPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb68
Mar178
Apr266
May296
Jun156
Jul102
Aug97
Sep194
Oct85
Nov13
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England27
2Plymouth England16
3Essex England14
4Pembrokeshire Wales13
5Ceredigion Wales8
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
7Suffolk England7
8Highland Scotland5
9Isle of Wight England4
10Isles of Scilly England4
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
12Portsmouth England3
13Argyll and Bute Scotland2
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
15Dorset England1
204 England734 Scotland96 Wales105 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
1,539
Peak month
May
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Platynereis dumerilii
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,159
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Nereididae
Genus
Platynereis
Name with authority
Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Described
1833
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6743022 · GBIF 2315901