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Flabby bristle-worm

Flabelligera affinis

799Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb25
Mar55
Apr38
May42
Jun56
Jul78
Aug262
Sep130
Oct35
Nov35
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland8
2Cornwall England5
3Shetland Islands —5
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
6Pembrokeshire Wales2
7East Lothian Scotland2
8Ceredigion Wales1
9Isle of Anglesey Wales1
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
62 England203 Scotland44 Wales70 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
799
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Flabelligera affinis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
378
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Flabelligeridae
Genus
Flabelligera
Name with authority
Flabelligera affinis M.Sars, 1829
Described
1829
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2563640 · GBIF 2325583