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Earthworm

Aporrectodea limicola

96Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar33
Apr10
May8
Jun5
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct7
Nov7
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Ayrshire Scotland29
2West Berkshire England16
3Cumbria England7
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
5Perth and Kinross Scotland3
6Stirling Scotland2
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
8South Lanarkshire Scotland2
9Falkirk Scotland2
10Highland Scotland1
11Aberdeenshire Scotland1
12Carmarthenshire Wales1
13Herefordshire, County of England1
14Aberdeen City Scotland1
15Wirral England1
45 England48 Scotland1 Wales2 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
96
Peak month
March
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Aporrectodea limicola
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
102
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Aporrectodea
Name with authority
Aporrectodea limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)
Described
1890

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10416085 · GBIF 4410778