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Four-lined Polycera

Polycera quadrilineata

1,471Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb10
Mar33
Apr66
May150
Jun296
Jul372
Aug286
Sep167
Oct63
Nov11
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland22
2Pembrokeshire Wales17
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland13
4Dorset England11
5Perth and Kinross Scotland11
6Scottish Borders Scotland11
7Isles of Scilly England11
8Gwynedd Wales10
9Isle of Anglesey Wales10
10Cornwall England9
11Shetland Islands —9
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
13Torbay England7
14Argyll and Bute Scotland5
15Devon England4
540 England445 Scotland250 Wales121 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,471
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Polycera quadrilineata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,163
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Polyceridae
Genus
Polycera
Name with authority
Polycera quadrilineata (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1519574 · GBIF 2291758