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Galathowenia oculata

11,361Records since 2000
MayPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan476
Feb732
Mar1,348
Apr1,186
May1,842
Jun1,496
Jul1,165
Aug634
Sep843
Oct588
Nov318
Dec120

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland60
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland42
3Highland Scotland31
4Essex England31
5Suffolk England29
6Shetland Islands —25
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
8Pembrokeshire Wales24
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
10Isle of Wight England18
11Cornwall England11
12Devon England6
13Argyll and Bute Scotland5
14Cumbria England4
15Ceredigion Wales3
787 England3,369 Scotland635 Wales1,363 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,361
Peak month
May
Counties with records
19
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,311
Most recorded in
Mid and East Antrim
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Oweniidae
Genus
Galathowenia
Name with authority
Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923)
Described
1923
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1848639 · GBIF 2326566