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Coral Worm

Salmacina dysteri

2,048Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb4
Mar4
Apr34
May83
Jun161
Jul257
Aug307
Sep1,061
Oct76
Nov32
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England43
2Pembrokeshire Wales9
3Highland Scotland8
4Argyll and Bute Scotland3
5Cornwall England2
6Shetland Islands —2
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
8Isle of Wight England1
9Orkney Islands Scotland1
10Plymouth England1
1,596 England212 Scotland131 Wales22 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
2,048
Peak month
September
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Salmacina dysteri
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,053
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Salmacina
Name with authority
Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
Described
1855
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3006177 · GBIF 2326672