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Gallery Worm

Capitella capitata

3,083Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan134
Feb134
Mar237
Apr199
May349
Jun505
Jul447
Aug334
Sep364
Oct188
Nov66
Dec57

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland51
2Dorset England33
3Cornwall England29
4Argyll and Bute Scotland19
5Cumbria England18
6Suffolk England17
7Redcar and Cleveland England17
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland16
9East Riding of Yorkshire England11
10Norfolk England6
11Isle of Anglesey Wales5
12Essex England4
13Pembrokeshire Wales4
14North Ayrshire Scotland4
15Isle of Wight England3
259 England2,121 Scotland207 Wales104 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,083
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Capitella capitata
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,706
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Capitellidae
Genus
Capitella
Name with authority
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2060342 · GBIF 2318015